Ruptured appendiceal diverticula mimicking low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasms

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1515-1521

  Hsu, Maylee ^a   Young, Robert H ^a   Misdraji, Joseph ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendix; Diverticular disease; Mucinous neoplasm; Pseudomyxoma peritonei

Indexed keywords

MUCIN;

ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DIVERTICULOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; PATHOLOGIST; PATHOLOGY; PERITONEUM PSEUDOMYXOMA; RUPTURED APPENDICEAL DIVERTICULA; SEROSA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; APPENDIX; CECAL DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIVERTICULUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 70349695905     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181abe31b     Document Type: Article

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