Recurrent abdominal pain in 52-year-old male

Key Clinical Message Intussusception of the appendix is a rare condition. Symptoms vary widely, whereas some patients are asymptomatic. Diagnosis is generally challenging and few cases have been diagnosed by colonoscopy. It is important to recognize the endoscopic appearance of this entity in order...

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Autores principales: De Palma, Giovanni D, Maione, Francesco, Esposito, Dario, Siciliano, Saverio, Gennarelli, Nicola, Cassese, Gianluca, Forestieri, Pietro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2015
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Clinical Images
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4498872/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26185658
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.257
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author De Palma, Giovanni D
Maione, Francesco
Esposito, Dario
Siciliano, Saverio
Gennarelli, Nicola
Cassese, Gianluca
Forestieri, Pietro
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description Key Clinical Message Intussusception of the appendix is a rare condition. Symptoms vary widely, whereas some patients are asymptomatic. Diagnosis is generally challenging and few cases have been diagnosed by colonoscopy. It is important to recognize the endoscopic appearance of this entity in order to avoid the potential hazard of an inadvertent “polypectomy”.
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spelling pubmed-44988722015-07-16 Recurrent abdominal pain in 52-year-old male De Palma, Giovanni D Maione, Francesco Esposito, Dario Siciliano, Saverio Gennarelli, Nicola Cassese, Gianluca Forestieri, Pietro Clin Case Rep Clinical Images Key Clinical Message Intussusception of the appendix is a rare condition. Symptoms vary widely, whereas some patients are asymptomatic. Diagnosis is generally challenging and few cases have been diagnosed by colonoscopy. It is important to recognize the endoscopic appearance of this entity in order to avoid the potential hazard of an inadvertent “polypectomy”. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2015-06 2015-04-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4498872/ /pubmed/26185658 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.257 Text en © 2015 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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