Appendiceal carcinoid at a large tertiary center: Pathologic findings and long-term follow-up evaluation

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 201, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 805-808

  Shapiro, Ron ^a   Eldar, Shai ^a   Sadot, Eran ^a   Papa, Moshe Z ^a   Zippel, Douglas B ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Appendix; Carcinoid; Occult tumor; Prognosis; Synchronous cancer

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; CARCINOID TUMOR; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960189356     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.04.016     Document Type: Article

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