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A STUDY OF TWENTY-THREE CASES

LIEUTENANT (jg) GRAHAM KNOX, MC

Arch Surg. 1945;50(6):288-292.

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Sarcomas primary in the appendix are still so infrequent as to warrant report of a single case. The majority of these are lymphosarcomas. Many authors (Beatson,¹ Haggard,² Murray,³ Apitz⁴ and recently Charache⁵) have reported primary sarcoma of the appendix, but from their gross descriptions the possibility that the new growth originated in the cecum, the ileocecal area or other parts of the intestinal tract is difficult to exclude.

A review of the literature reveals 23 undoubted examples of sarcoma primary in the appendix. Beatson's¹ example of lymphosarcoma, reported in 1901, Brinkman's⁶ in 1920, cited by Emanuel Friend, Haggard's² and recently Charache's⁵ case of leiomyosarcoma originating in the cecum have been excluded.

In the following case of appendical lymphosarcoma confined to the appendix diagnosis was not made preoperatively, and the case is interesting because of the age of the patient.

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Author Affiliations
U.S.N.R.

Footnotes
This study is reported from the Surgical Service of St. Luke's Hospital, New York, Edward J. Donovan, Acting Director.

This article has been released for publication by the Division of Publications of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery of the United States Navy. The opinions and views set forth in this article are those of the writers and are not to be construed as reflecting the policies of the Navy Department.

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