Appendiceal mucosal schwann cell proliferation: A putative histologic marker of appendiceal diverticular disease

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 603-609

  Stockl, Thomas ^a   Ross, Jeffrey S ^b   Walter, Otto ^a   Dresser, Karen ^a   Lee, Hwajeong ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

appendiceal diverticulum; intramucosal neuroma; neural proliferation; Schwann cell; serrated polyp

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPENDICEAL DIVERTICULAR DISEASE; APPENDICEAL MUCOSAL SCHWANN CELL; APPENDIX DISEASE; APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DIVERTICULOSIS; EPITHELIUM DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHWANN CELL;

APPENDICEAL DIVERTICULUM; INTRAMUCOSAL NEUROMA; NEURAL PROLIFERATION; SCHWANN CELL; SERRATED POLYP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; APPENDIX; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIVERTICULUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHWANN CELLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887881247     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: 19402465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896913494795     Document Type: Article

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