Histopathological findings in appendectomy specimens: A study of 24,697 cases

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1009-1012

  Charfi, Slim ^a,b   Sellami, Ahmad ^a   Affes, Abdellatif ^a   Yaïch, Khalil ^a   Mzali, Rafik ^a,b   Boudawara, Tahya Sellami ^a,b  

^a HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Appendix; Carcinoid; Enterobius vermicularis; Pathology; Routine

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL TUBERCULOSIS; ACTINOMYCES; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; NEUROFIBROMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH CARCINOID; VASCULITIS; AGE; APPENDIX; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84904708098     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: 14321262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-014-1934-7     Document Type: Article

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