[Villous adenoma of the appendix caused acute appendicitis].

Autor: Guliás Piñeiro A; Servicio de Cirugía General A, Hospital Juan Canalejo, La Coruña., Fraguela Mariña JA, Aguirrezabalaga González J, Sánchez Blas M, Acea Nebril B, Taboada Filgueira L, Freire Rodríguez D, Gómez Freijoso C
Jazyk: Spanish; Castilian
Zdroj: Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas [Rev Esp Enferm Dig] 1996 Jun; Vol. 88 (6), pp. 435-7.
Abstrakt: Villous adenoma of the appendix is a rare pathologic entity, the treatment is controversial. We describe the case of a patient complaining of abdominal pain that was diagnosed as acute appendicitis. Pathological examination of the surgical specimen revealed a villous adenoma of the appendix. We comment the therapeutic options and we review the literature about this pathological entity.
Databáze: MEDLINE