title: Contemporary management of the appendiceal mass.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery B, Rambam Medical Centre, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nitecki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Assalia
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schein
mesh_terms: 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