Mucinous Appendiceal Tumor Presenting as Perforated Appendicitis
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Primary appendiceal lymphoma presenting as perforated acute appendicitis.
Acute perforated appendicitis is a very rare initial presentation of appendiceal lymphoma. A case of primary lymphoma of the appendix in a 42-year-old female is reported here. The symptom was pain in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen. Surgical intervention was performed under clinical diagnosis of acute appendicitis. Grossly, the resected appendix was gangrenous and perforated. Light micr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Surgical Infections
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1096-2964,1557-8674
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2013.238