Chronic amebiasis presenting as appendicitis and preliminary diagnosed as a mucocele: A diagnostic dilemma and unexpected histopathological finding after surgery
Amoebic appendicitis is an extremely rare condition which is generally surgically treated with the initial diagnosis of acute appendicitis, and its definitive diagnosis cannot be made until the exact histopathological analysis. In this paper a 14-year-old male child with amoebic appendicitis present...
Main Authors: | Mehmet Tolga Kafadar, Vedat Bakan, Tuğba Çaviş |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Van Yuzuncu Yil University, School of Medicine
2017-11-01
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Series: | Van Tıp Dergisi |
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Online Access: | https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=vtd&un=VTD-71463 |
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