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Mild Cystic Fibrosis Presenting as an Asymptomatic Distended Appendiceal Mass: A Case Report

Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Conn. 68510

Alan Meyers

Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Conn. 68510

A case of cystic fibrosis presenting as a right lower quadrant mass in a five-year-old white female is presented. At laparotomy, a mucoid, impacted appendix was found which microscopically suggested the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis. Cystic fibrosis must be added to conditions presenting with abdominal masses.

Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 14, No. 9, 862-863 (1975)
DOI: 10.1177/000992287501400913


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