Utility of Appendiceal Calcifications Detected on Computed Tomography as a Predictor for an Underlying Appendiceal Epithelial Neoplasm

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 3667-3672

  Sagebiel, Tara L ^a   Mohamed, Amr ^b   Matamoros, Aurelio ^a   Taggart, Melissa W ^a   Doamekpor, Fred ^c   Raghav, Kanwal P ^a   Mann, Gary N ^a   Mansfield, Paul F ^a   Eng, Cathy ^a   Royal, Richard E ^a   Foo, Wai Chin ^a   Ensor, Joe E ^d   Fournier, Keith F ^a   Overman, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICEAL CALCIFICATION; APPENDIX DISEASE; APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CANCER STAGING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FAMILIAL ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LOW GRADE APPENDICEAL MUCINOUS NEOPLASM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ADOLESCENT; CALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85027893967     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-017-6052-7     Document Type: Article

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