Human Pathology: Case Reports (Jun 2021)

Incidental urothelial rests in the vermiform appendix: A case report in an adult male with appendicitis and appendiceal neuroendocrine tumour

  • Lavisha S Punjabi, MBBS,
  • Ronald Goh Chin Hong, MBBS, FRCPA

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24
p. 200515

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Urothelial rests are a very rare incidental finding in the vermiform appendix; herein we report the fourth of such a case in a 33-year-old male who presented with acute appendicitis and who was also found to have two incidental foci of well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumour in the vermiform appendix.

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