Unusual histopathological findings in appendectomy specimens: A retrospective analysis and literature review

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1961-1970

  Akbulut, Sami ^a   Tas, Mahmut ^a   Sogutcu, Nilgun ^a   Arikanoglu, Zulfu ^a   Basbug, Murat ^a   Ulku, Abdullah ^a   Semur, Heybet ^b   Yagmur, Yusuf ^a  

^a Diyarbakir Education and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^b Diyarbakir Devlet Hastanesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Carcinoid; Enterobius vermicularis; Goblet cell carcinoid; Mucocele; Unusual findings

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CARCINOID; CELL INFILTRATION; CYSTADENOMA; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOBLET CELL; HEMICOLECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MUCOCELE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 79955938658     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i15.1961     Document Type: Article

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