Incidental finding of an anterior sub-hepatic appendix during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

BMJ Case Rep

Department of General Surgery, North Tyneside General Hospital, Northumbria Health Care NHS Trust, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.

Published: September 2010

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