Incidental lesions in appendectomy specimens: Rare or rarely sampled?

KEPİL N., BATUR Ş., Akinci O., PEKMEZCİ S.

NORTHERN CLINICS OF ISTANBUL, vol.8, no.1, pp.71-75, 2021 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 8 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.14744/nci.2020.49799
  • Journal Name: NORTHERN CLINICS OF ISTANBUL
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Central & Eastern European Academic Source (CEEAS), Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.71-75
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: No

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: During the microscopic examination of the specimens after appendectomy operations performed due to acute appendicitis, pathologists may encounter some incidental and unusual lesions. Appendectomy specimens are sampled as 3 sections/1 paraffin block in many centers. In this study, we aimed to evaluate whether multiple and dense sampling of appendix specimens has an impact on the incidence of incidental lesions of the appendix.