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Mixed Tumor of the Appendix: A Rare Tumor Association
Visceral Surgery Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, Morocco
Visceral Surgery Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, Morocco
Visceral Surgery Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, Morocco
Visceral Surgery Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, Morocco
Visceral Surgery Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, Morocco
Visceral Surgery Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, Morocco
Visceral Surgery Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, Morocco
- 1 Visceral Surgery Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, Morocco
- 2 Visceral Surgery Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, Morocco
- 3 Visceral Surgery Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, Morocco
- 4 Visceral Surgery Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, Morocco
- 5 Visceral Surgery Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, Morocco
- 6 Visceral Surgery Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, Morocco
- 7 Visceral Surgery Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, Morocco
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Abstract
Malignant tumors of the appendix are rare. They are present in 0.1% to 0.5% of appendectomy specimens: confirmed upon histological analysis. Mixed tumors in the appendix are exceptional. We report a mixed mucinous cystadenoma with a moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma of the appendix in a 64-year-old patient presented to the emergency room with bowel obstruction syndrome.
KeywordsTumorAppendicitisMixed
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