Intricacies in the surgical management of appendiceal mucinous cystadenoma: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Khan, Muhammad R ^a   Ahmed, Rashida ^a   Saleem, Taimur ^a,b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICEAL MUCINOUS CYSTADENOMA; APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CECUM; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTADENOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN SECTION; HEMICOLECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MUCOCELE; PAKISTAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951820399     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-4-129     Document Type: Article

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