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LOUIS SACHS, M.D.; ELMER HOFFMAN, M.D.

AMA Arch Surg. 1951;63(5):712-714.

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MUCOCELE the appendix has been described in the literature under the names of hydrops, retention cysts, cystic disease, cystic dilatation, colloid cysts, mucoid disease and myxoglobulosis of the appendix. Rokitansky¹ in 1842 described mucocele of the appendix. Virchow,² in 1863 gave a full pathological description of the disease process. Feré³ in 1876 named the condition "mucocele of the appendix."

The incidence of mucocele of the appendix at operation is listed in the literature as varying from 0.11⁴ to 0.33%.⁵ At postmortem examination the incidence rates vary from 0.04^5a to 0.2%.⁶ The age range of patients is from 4 to 70 years, with the most frequent incidence being between 42 and 57 years. The ratio of males to females is 1.4 to 1.^5c

The cause of this disease is obstruction. This view has experimental and clinical support. Grodinsky and Rubnitz,⁷ after the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
BALTIMORE

Attending Surgeon (Dr. Sachs) and Resident (Dr. Hoffman), Department of Surgery, Sinai Hospital.

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