Incidental pathologies in appendectomy specimens - An interesting series of cases in a tertiary care center in Eastern India

Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency worldwide, with appendix being the most frequently encountered specimen by a reporting histopathologist. They may sometimes show rare and uncommon histomorphologic pictures that may create diagnostic dilemmas, few of such cases being discussed...

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Veröffentlicht in:Asian Journal of Medical Sciences 2023-08, Vol.14 (8), p.278-285
Hauptverfasser: Sanghamitra Mukherjee, Debajyoti Singha Roy, Vandana Maroo, Meghadipa Mandal
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency worldwide, with appendix being the most frequently encountered specimen by a reporting histopathologist. They may sometimes show rare and uncommon histomorphologic pictures that may create diagnostic dilemmas, few of such cases being discussed here. There are two cases of appendicular neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) that initially presented as acute appendicitis clinically, with microscopic tumor foci measuring
ISSN:2467-9100
2091-0576
DOI:10.71152/ajms.v14i8.3698