Incidental Appendectomy at Colectomy for Cancer in Nigeria
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Incidental appendectomy is of worldwide interest. For instance it was also documented with particular reference to whether it is useful in salpingectomy cases as well as during ovariectomy for corpus luteum hemorrhage. Therefore, the present paper documents the microscopical appearances in the appendix in cases of colectomy for adenocarcinoma. On the whole, to see a normal appendix was uncommon.
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