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EARLY CARCINOMA OF THE APPENDIX VERMIFORMIS
Author(s) -
Oya Shingo,
Miyata Kanji,
Yuasa Norihiro,
Takeuchi Eiji,
Goto Yasutomo,
Miyake Hideo,
Nagasawa Keiichi,
Kobayashi Yoichiro,
Ito Terutomo,
Ito Masafumi
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
digestive endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.5
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1443-1661
pISSN - 0915-5635
DOI - 10.1111/j.1443-1661.2008.00828.x
Subject(s) - vermiform , appendix , medicine , carcinoma , general surgery , pathology , biology , paleontology
It is difficult to preoperatively diagnose early carcinoma of the vermiform appendix because of its rarity and few specific clinical features. In the present study, we report a preoperatively diagnosed mucosal carcinoma of the vermiform appendix.