Acute appendicitis secondary to metastatic bronchogenic adenocarcinoma
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Murine Appendectomy Model of Chronic Colitis Associated Colorectal Cancer by Precise Localization of Caecal Patch
Published on: August 24, 2019
E V Gopez1, Z Mourelatos, E F Rosato
1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia 19104, USA.
Abstract:
Metastatic tumors to the appendix are not common. However, these tumors should be one of the differential diagnoses in patients with known primary malignancy, who present with signs and symptoms of acute appendicitis. We report a case of an elderly male with poorly differentiated bronchogenic adenocarcinoma which metastasized to the appendix.
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