1. INTUSSUSCEPTION OF THE APPENDIX.
- Author
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Fink, Victor H., Santos, Antonio L., and Goldberg, Samuel L.
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INTESTINAL intussusception ,APPENDIX diseases ,UTERINE fibroids ,MYOMETRIUM tumors ,SMOOTH muscle tumors - Abstract
An asymptomatic case of simple appendiceal intussusception with endometrial implants in the appendiceal wall, presenting itself on x-ray as a cecal mass, in a patient with symptomatic uterine fibroids is reported. A second case with severe symptoms and an abdominal mass is also presented. The literature and salient features of the disease are reviewed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1964