PRIMARY CARCINOMA OF THE APPENDIX
- 27 October 1951
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 147 (9) , 854-856
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1951.73670260009014c
Abstract
Primary carcinoma of the appendix was discussed by Ewing (1940)1and by Willis (19342and 19483), but the important original papers are those of Rolleston and Jones (1906),4who accepted 42 previously reported cases of primary carcinoma of the appendix, and Uihlein and McDonald (1943),5who described 5 cases from the Mayo Clinic. Phillips and Isaac (1930)6reported a single case in which the tumor involved the omentum and ileum as well as the appendix. Willis (1948)3investigated 13 cases of appendiceal tumors, but found 11 of these were argentaffin, or carcinoid tumors. The true adenocarcinoma of the appendix seems to be a rare tumor, and according to Willis (1948)3it shares the age incidence, structure, and behavior of its counterparts in the colon. Mucus secretion is often a conspicuous characteristic, and his observation that caecal carcinoma may invade the appendix, orKeywords
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