An unusual polyp at the appendiceal orifice : appendix inversion
Journal | Volume 77 - 2014 |
Issue | Fasc.3 - Letters |
Author(s) | Aydın şeref Köksal, Erkan Parlak, AGEB, AGEB, Mustafa Ihsan Uslan |
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(1) Sakarya University, Medical School, Department of Gastroenterology, Sakarya, Turkey ; (2) Department of Gastroenterology, Türkiye Yüksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. |
Polypoid lesions originating from the base of the appendix are usually embrassing for the endoscopists because of low levels of awareness due to their rarity and increased risk of complications following therapeutic interventions because of thin walled cecum. Herein we present a patient with a unusual polyp at the base of the appendix which was diagnosed by non-invasive meth- ods. |
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