Xenou A, Vranou E, Boulas KA, Nathanailidou M, Kyriakidou E, Sitaridis K, Filippidis I, Hatzigeorgiadis A. Procedure of choice in a patient initially operated for a suspected epithelial appendiceal neoplasm.
Clin Case Rep 2021;
9:e04437. [PMID:
34267916 PMCID:
PMC8271256 DOI:
10.1002/ccr3.4437]
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Abstract
In patients operated for a suspected appendiceal neoplasm, radical appendectomy is the procedure of choice because it provides definitive treatment in most of appendiceal neoplasms, except from mucinous or colonic-type adenocarcinoma and NET>2 cm.
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