Signet-ring cell carcinoma of the appendix: Primary or secondary tumor?

Mitsunobu Matsushita; Norimasa Fukata; Mika Omiya; Akiyoshi Nishio; Kazuichi Okazaki

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gie.2018.01.005

doi.org/10.1016/j.gie.2018.01.005

Signet-ring cell carcinoma of the appendix: Primary or secondary tumor?

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Gastrointestinal Endoscopy7.70

Volume: 88, Issue: 1, Pages: 197 - 197

Published: Jul 1, 2018

Abstract

We read with interest the article by Khan et al1Khan S.A. Dwyer J.P. Vaughan R. Peritoneal carcinomatosis from signet-ring cell adenocarcinoma of the appendix.Gastrointest Endosc. 2017; 86: 569-571Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (4) Google Scholar about a patient with peritoneal carcinomatosis from signet-ring cell carcinoma of the appendix. Although abdominal CT identified no primary malignant site, colonoscopy revealed irregular...