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Appendiceal mucocele due to mucinous cystadenocarcinoma arising from the appendiceal stump: preoperative diagnosis based on the “onion skin sign”

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  1. Department of Radiology, Mersin University Faculty of Medicine, Ihsaniye Mahallesi Zeytinlibahçe Caddesi, 4935 sok, 33070, Mersin, Turkey

    Anıl Ozgür, Gonca Çabuk, Meltem Nass Duce & Meryem Cereb Tombak

  2. Department of Radiology, Adana Numune Education and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey

    Kaan Esen

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Ozgür, A., Çabuk, G., Nass Duce, M. et al. Appendiceal mucocele due to mucinous cystadenocarcinoma arising from the appendiceal stump: preoperative diagnosis based on the “onion skin sign”. Jpn J Radiol 30, 684–687 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11604-012-0104-5

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