Mucocele of the appendix: Case report and review of literature

International Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 266-269

  Demetrashvili, Zaza ^a   Chkhaidze, Mamuka ^a   Khutsishvili, Kakhi ^a   Topchishvili, Gega ^a   Javakhishvili, Tamar ^a   Pipia, Irakli ^a   Qerqadze, Vakhtang ^a  

^a TBILISI STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Appendix; Mucinous cystadenoma; Mucocele

Indexed keywords

APPENDIX; APPENDIX TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CECUM DISEASE; CYSTADENOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOCELE; PERITONEUM PSEUDOMYXOMA; REVIEW;

APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; APPENDIX; CECAL DISEASES; CYSTADENOMA, MUCINOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOCELE; PSEUDOMYXOMA PERITONEI;

EID: 84871210204     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9738/CC139.1     Document Type: Review

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