Intussusception of the appendix secondary to mucinous cystadenoma: A rare cause of abdominal pain

International Journal of Surgery Case Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 26-27

  Ashrafi, M ^a   Joshi, V ^a   Zammit, M ^a   Telford, K ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appendix; Intussusception; Mucinous cystadenoma; Pseudomyxoma peritonei

Indexed keywords

MUCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTADENOMA; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MUCOCELE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651294575     PISSN: 22102612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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