Year 2017 / Volume 109 / Number 2
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Diverticulitis of the appendix as debut of appendicular cystadenoma and carcinoid tumor

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Laura Fernández Gómez-Cruzado, Mikel Prieto Calvo, Christian Pérez González, Jasone Larrea Oleaga,

Abstract
Appendiceal diverticulosis is a rare condition with a frequency of 0.004% to 2.1%, and is sometimes an occasional finding during anatomopathologic study of the surgical specimen. It may be presented acutely as a right lower quadrant pain, similar to acute appendicitis for which differential diagnosis must be carried out, and it is associated with appendicular tumors. We report a case of diverticulitis of the appendix as debut of appendicular cystadenoma and carcinoid tumor with representative iconography, being unusual the association of both diseases and even more its preoperative diagnosis.
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Fernández Gómez-Cruzado L, Prieto Calvo M, Pérez González C, Larrea Oleaga J. Diverticulitis of the appendix as debut of appendicular cystadenoma and carcinoid tumor. 4207/2016


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Received: 18/01/2016

Accepted: 10/02/2016

Published: 31/01/2017

Article editing time: 379 days


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