Incidental pathologies in appendectomy specimens - An interesting series of cases in a tertiary care center in Eastern India

Autor: Sanghamitra Mukherjee, Debajyoti Singha Roy, Vandana Maroo, Meghadipa Mandal
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, Vol 14, Iss 8, Pp 278-285 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2467-9100
2091-0576
DOI: 10.3126/ajms.v14i8.54300
Popis: Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency worldwide, with appendix being the most frequently encountered specimen by a reporting histopathologist. They may sometimes show rare and uncommon histomorphologic pictures that may create diagnostic dilemmas, few of such cases being discussed here. There are two cases of appendicular neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) that initially presented as acute appendicitis clinically, with microscopic tumor foci measuring
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