Early carcinoma of the appendix vermiformis.
It is difficult to preoperatively diagnose early carcinoma of the vermiform appendix because of its rarity and few specific clinical features. In the present study, we report a preoperatively diagnosed mucosal carcinoma of the vermiform appendix.
Oya
Shingo
S
Department of Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya First Hospital, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Japan. s-oya@tg7.so-net.ne.jp
Miyata
Kanji
K
Yuasa
Norihiro
N
Takeuchi
Eiji
E
Goto
Yasutomo
Y
Miyake
Hideo
H
Nagasawa
Keiichi
K
Kobayashi
Yoichiro
Y
Ito
Terutomo
T
Ito
Masafumi
M
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D001063:Appendiceal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged