Contemporary management of the appendiceal mass.
An appendiceal mass is the end result of a walled-off appendiceal perforation and represents a pathological spectrum ranging from phlegmon to abscess. Over the past decade, improved imaging and interventional radiological techniques have allowed a more accurate definition of pathology and thus a more specific and less invasive management than was previously possible. A management policy should be possible that allows over 80 per cent of patients presenting with an appendiceal mass to be safely spared an open operation.
Nitecki
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Department of Surgery B, Rambam Medical Centre, Haifa, Israel.
Assalia
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Schein
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D001062:Appendectomy; D001065:Appendix / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed