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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Komm M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3119391 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of Cancer 20110523
Primary adenocarcinoma of the vermiform appendix is a rare entity and is frequently discovered by the pathologist following appendectomy for suspected appendicitis.We present a 42-year-old male with primary mucinous adenocarcinoma of the appendix initially presenting symptoms of acute appendicitis. Histological investigation of the appendectomy specimen showed a mucinous adenocarcinoma and the patient was treated by secondary right hemicolectomy giving the final histopathological classification ...[more]