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A giant mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of the appendix: a case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma is the second most common etiology of appendiceal mucocele. We report a relatively rare case of a giant appendiceal mucocele caused by mucinous cystadenocarcinoma, which occupied the entire abdomen of an adult woman. CASE PRESENTATION: A 63-year-old woman pres...

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Autores principales: Nagata, Hiroshi, Kondo, Yuji, Kawai, Kazushige, Ishihara, Soichiro, Kazama, Shinsuke, Nirei, Takako, Soma, Daisuke, Yamada, Jun, Sunami, Eiji, Kitayama, Joji, Kubota, Yoshiro, Watanabe, Toshiaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4779566/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26945579
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12957-016-0828-2