Case Report: Ischaemic appendicitis post mesenteric biopsy [version 1; referees: 2 approved]

A common indication for laparoscopic mesenteric lymph node biopsy is to provide a tissue diagnosis in the absence of palpable peripheral nodes via a minimally invasive approach.  There are no reports to date of ischaemia to the appendix as a complication of this procedure.   We report the case of a...

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Main Authors: Marianna Zukiwskyj, June Tun, Shashank Desai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: F1000 Research Ltd 2016-01-01
Series:F1000Research
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Online Access:http://f1000research.com/articles/5-3/v1