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Normal Appendix and Tumoral Appendix

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References and Further Reading

  • Gramlich, T. L., & Petras, R. E. (2007). Vermiform appendix. In S. E. Mills (Ed.), Histology for pathologists (3rd ed., pp. 649–662). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

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  • Guidry, S. P., & Poole, G. V. (1994). The anatomy of appendicitis. American Surgeon, 60, 68–71.

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  • Randal Bollinger, R., Barbas, A. S., Bush, E. L., Lin, S. S., & Parker, W. (2007). Biofilms in the large bowel suggest an apparent function of the human vermiform appendix. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 249, 826–831.

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  • Wakeley, C. P. G., & Gladstone, R. F. (1928). The relative frequency of the various positions of the vermiform appendix as ascertained by an analysis of 5000 cases. Lancet, 1, 178.

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  1. Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Service d’Anatomie Pathologique, AP-HP, Hôpitaux Universitaires de l’Est Parisien, 184 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, Paris, 75 012, France

    Magali Svrcek

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  1. Faculty of Medicine of Porto University, Centro Hospitalar São João and Ipatimup/i3S, Porto, Portugal

    Fátima Carneiro

  2. Serviço de Anatomia Patológica, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa de Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal

    Paula Chaves

  3. Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal

    Paula Chaves

  4. Department of Pathology, Ankara University Medical School, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey

    Arzu Ensari

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Svrcek, M. (2017). Normal Appendix and Tumoral Appendix. In: Carneiro, F., Chaves, P., Ensari, A. (eds) Pathology of the Gastrointestinal Tract. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40560-5_1420

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