Appendix epidermoid cyst: Presenting as an acute appendicitis

We report a rare case of a cystic mass in an appendix in a patient who presented nausea, vomiting, and sharp pain in lower right abdomen and mimicking acute appendicitis. Although this entity is very rare, careful physical observation, imaging, and pathology can be helpful to make an accurate diagno...

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Autor principal: Rahbar, Mahtab
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6028368/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29988665
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1599
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spelling pubmed-60283682018-07-09 Appendix epidermoid cyst: Presenting as an acute appendicitis Rahbar, Mahtab Clin Case Rep Case Reports We report a rare case of a cystic mass in an appendix in a patient who presented nausea, vomiting, and sharp pain in lower right abdomen and mimicking acute appendicitis. Although this entity is very rare, careful physical observation, imaging, and pathology can be helpful to make an accurate diagnosis. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018-05-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6028368/ /pubmed/29988665 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1599 Text en © 2018 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Appendix epidermoid cyst: Presenting as an acute appendicitis
title Appendix epidermoid cyst: Presenting as an acute appendicitis
title_full Appendix epidermoid cyst: Presenting as an acute appendicitis
title_fullStr Appendix epidermoid cyst: Presenting as an acute appendicitis
title_full_unstemmed Appendix epidermoid cyst: Presenting as an acute appendicitis
title_short Appendix epidermoid cyst: Presenting as an acute appendicitis
title_sort appendix epidermoid cyst: presenting as an acute appendicitis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6028368/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29988665
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1599
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