ACUTE APPENDICITIS AND COLONIC-CARCINOMA IN THE YOUNG - REPORT OF 2 CASES

Authors
ADEBAMOWO AC EZEOME ER
Citation
Ac. Adebamowo et Er. Ezeome, ACUTE APPENDICITIS AND COLONIC-CARCINOMA IN THE YOUNG - REPORT OF 2 CASES, East African medical journal, 73(8), 1996, pp. 563-564
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
East African medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
0012835X
Volume
73
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
563 - 564
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-835X(1996)73:8<563:AAACIT>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Obstructing carcinoma of the colon presenting as acute appendicitis in the elderly is well known. In this paper, we present a similar combin ation in two young patients. The implication of this for the managemen t and follow-up of patients with acute appendicitis is discussed.