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Appendico-ileal fistula presenting as an ileal mass

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A report of a case of appendico-ileal fistula presenting as a submucosal mass in the terminal ileum is presented. We have not seen any other patient in whom the lesion presented as a small bowel tumor. This case is also particularly unusual in that the patient had never experienced any symptoms consistent with appendicitis.

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  1. Richard H. Evans M.D.

    Present address: Department of Surgery, Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, Ill

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  1. From the Department of Radiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill

    John J. Fennessy M.B. & Richard H. Evans M.D.

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Fennessy, J.J., Evans, R.H. Appendico-ileal fistula presenting as an ileal mass. Digest Dis Sci 13, 1012–1016 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02232925

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