The Excised Appendix Tip-To Send or not to Send, That is the Question

• Main Authors: Lucinda Tullie (Author), Bhumita Vadgama (Author), Ravindar Anbarasan (Author), Michael P. Stanton (Author), Henrik Steinbrecher (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

A 9-year-old boy, with previous anorectal malformation and neuropathic bladder and bowel, underwent ileocystoplasty, Monti-Mitrofanoff and appendix antegrade colonic enema procedure. The tip of the macroscopically normal appendix was sent for routine histopathology. Microscopy demonstrated a 5-mm we...