title: Appendiceal Hemangioma, Mimicking Acute Appendicitis in a 17-Year-Old Girl.
abstract: Epithelial tumors of appendix are not so common, and mesenchymal tumors of the appendix are even less common. Capillary hemangioma of the appendix is an extremely rare event and to the best of our knowledge only 4 cases have been reported in the English literature so far. In this case report we want to explain our experience with an extremely rare occurrence of capillary hemangioma of appendix in a 17-year-old girl presented with right lower quadrant pain that was operated with the clinical impression of acute appendicitis. The patient has been operated as a routine appendectomy with a completely uneventful postoperative period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Transplant Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences , Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Bita
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Geramizadeh
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Transplant Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences , Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Amin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Niakan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Transplant Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences , Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Nadjmeh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zolmadjdi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Transplant Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences , Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Mahsa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marzban
keywords: Appendix; acute appendicitis; capillary hemangioma