Mucinous epithelial neoplasms of the appendix and pseudomyxoma peritonei

Modern Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue , 2015, Pages S67-S79

  Misdraji, Joseph ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADENOMATOUS POLYP; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX ADENOCARCINOMA; APPENDIX ADENOMA; APPENDIX CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON ADENOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAMILIAL COLON POLYPOSIS; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; INTUSSUSCEPTION; LAMINA PROPRIA; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; LOW GRADE APPENDICEAL MUCINOUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARIECTOMY; PERITONEUM PSEUDOMYXOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; APPENDIX TUMOR; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PERITONEUM TUMOR;

APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; PSEUDOMYXOMA PERITONEI;

EID: 84920517897     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2014.129     Document Type: Article

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