Cecum cancer underlying appendicular abscess. Case report and review of literature

Irene Fiume , Vincenzo Napolitano , Gianmattia Del Genio , Alfredo Allaria and Alberto Del Genio

First Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Second University of Naples, Italy

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World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2006, 1:11doi:10.1186/1749-7922-1-11


Published:	4 April 2006

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Peri-appendicular abscess is usually due to primary appendicitis or it may be caused by various pathological conditions: inflammatory, infective, neoplastic, immunological, ischemic, occlusive (table 1).