Disease relevance of Appendix

• Benign mucocele of the vermiform appendix secondary to segmental luminal obliteration. Report of a case [1].
• Mucinous tumors of the vermiform appendix and ovary, and pseudomyxoma peritonei: histogenetic implications of cytokeratin 7 expression [2].
• TMC in the vermiform appendix and in a cutaneous mastocytoma reacted with antibodies against ACTH, Leu-enkephalin, Met-enkephalin, and peptide histidine isoleucine (PHI) [3].
• Mucin producing carcinoid tumours of the vermiform appendix [4].

High impact information on Appendix

• In lymph nodes, palatine tonsils, vermiform appendix, and Peyer's patches, VIP receptors were found in the CD3 positive zone around lymphoid follicles; SS receptors in the germinal centers of secondary follicles; and SP receptors mainly in interfollicular blood vessels [5].
• Agenesis of the vermiform appendix in a thalidomide child [6].
• Mucocele of the vermiform appendix was the term formerly used to describe all mucin-secreting lesions of the appendix [7].
• CONCLUSION: These findings are somewhat different from those observed in the Riyadh Region where the vermiform appendix was the most commonly affected organ [8].

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