Case Report
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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 14, 2008; 14(14): 2280-2283
Published online Apr 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.2280
Appendiceal mucocele: Case reports and review of current literature
Kemal Karakaya, Figen Barut, Ali Ugur Emre, Hamdi Bulent Ucan, Guldeniz Karadeniz Cakmak, Oktay Irkorucu, Oge Tascilar, Yucel Ustundag, Mustafa Comert
Kemal Karakaya, Ali Ugur Emre, Hamdi Bulent Ucan, Guldeniz Karadeniz Cakmak, Oktay Irkorucu, Oge Tascilar, Mustafa Comert, Department of General Surgery, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Zonguldak 67600, Turkey
Figen Barut, Department of Pathology, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Zonguldak 67600, Turkey
Yucel Ustundag, Department of Gastroenterology, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Zonguldak 67600, Turkey
Author contributions: Karakaya K designed the research; Karakaya K, Ucan HB, Cakmak GK, Tascilar O, Barut F performed operations and pathologic examination; Karakaya K and Ustündag Y wrote the paper; Karakaya K, Emre AU, Irkorucu O acquisited data and literature; Comert M and Ustündag Y revised the paper critically for important intellectual content.
Correspondence to: Kemal Karakaya, Department of General Surgery, Zonguldak Karaelmas Universite Hastanesi, Zonguldak 67600, Turkey. knkarakaya@gmail.com
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Received: December 20, 2007
Revised: February 17, 2008
Published online: April 14, 2008
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