Sonographic appearance of an appendix carcinoma.
Malignant appendix tumours are rare entities. Especially adenocarcinomas, which only appear in about 10% of appendix tumours, are very seldom. Preoperative diagnosis is very difficult due to a lack of typical clinical signs and a clinical appearance mimicking perforated appendicitis. Nevertheless, sonography is able to show indirect signs and therefore it can provide the surgeon with more information for a better operative treatment.
Bodner
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Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Innsbruck, Austria.
Springer
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Dessl
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Ensinger
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Jaschke
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001062:Appendectomy; D001063:Appendiceal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001065:Appendix / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler