[Mucocele of the appendix and pseudomyxoma peritonei].

J Radiol

Service de Radiologie Adultes, CHU Nancy-Brabois, Allée du Morvan, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy Cedex, France.

Published: June 2008

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