Unusual histopathological findings in appendectomy specimens from patients with suspected acute appendicitis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 4015-4022

  Yilmaz, Mehmet ^a   Akbulut, Sami ^a   Kutluturk, Koray ^a   Sahin, Nurhan ^a   Arabaci, Ebru ^a   Ara, Cengiz ^a   Yilmaz, Sezai ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Appendectomy specimens; Appendiceal malignancy; Appendicitis; Histopathology; Unusual findings

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CARCINOID; CELL INFILTRATION; CYSTADENOMA; DIVERTICULOSIS; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MUCOCELE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84880077624     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i25.4015     Document Type: Article

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