title: Mucosal metaplasia in the appendix.
abstract: Metaplastic foci do not appear to have been previously described in the mucosa of the appendix. Eight examples are reported, two of which were found in a series of 100 consecutive appendicectomies.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001062:Appendectomy; D001065:Appendix / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008679:Metaplasia; D008875:Middle Aged