SUMMARY This Practical Guidance for Clinical Microbiology document on the laboratory
diagnosis of parasites from the gastrointestinal tract provides practical information for the …

Although the main cause of appendicitis is unclear, infection with Enterobius vermicularis is
suggested as a neglected risk factor. Since, there is no comprehensive analysis to estimate …

Purpose Appendicitis is by far the commonest major emergency general surgical operation.
Histopathological examination of the appendix is routinely performed. Methods This study is …

Male breast cancer is a rare disease, of which little is known. In contrast to female breast
cancer, the very vast majority of all cases are positive for estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) …

Background. In this study, we retrospectively evaluated cases of patients who had
undergone appendectomy in our hospital and aimed to present the efficiency of diagnostic …

Appendiceal neoplasms are identified in 0.9 to 1.4% of appendiceal specimens, and the
incidence is increasing. It has long been professed that neuroendocrine tumors (formerly …

Methods: Search terms “appendi*”,“tumour”,“malignancy”,“mucino*” and “cystadenoma”
were used in combination to identify papers from PubMed. Abstracts and full text were …

Introduction Negative appendectomy rate (NAR) is a quality metric used in the surgical
management of appendicitis. The rates of negative appendectomy (NA) in children range …

Background At present, the term mucocele is outdated, and mucinous appendiceal
neoplasm is preferred. Mucinous appendiceal neoplasm is an uncommon pathology that …

While the debate on the association between Enterobius vermicularis (E. vermicularis) and
acute appendicitis has not been settled, a few case reports of this very rare encounter are …