Appendiceal actinomycosis mimicking appendiceal tumor, appendicitis or inflammatory bowel disease
Appendiceal actinomycosis is very rare and its diagnosis is often difficult even in surgically resected specimens. Here we report two cases of appendiceal actinomycosis confirmed by pathologic examination of surgically resected specimens. Characteristic histologic features included transmural chroni...
Main Authors: | You-Na Sung, Jihun Kim |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Korean Society of Pathologists & the Korean Society for Cytopathology
2021-09-01
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Series: | Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.jpatholtm.org/upload/pdf/jptm-2020-05-17.pdf |
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