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Report of a Case (Incident to Surgery for Removal of Adenomatous Polyp of the Sigmoid Colon) and Review of the Literature

HARRY E. BACON, M.D.; EDWARD J. LOWELL, Jr., M.D.; ERNEST E. AEGERTER, M.D.; HOWARD D. TRIMPI, M.D., M.S.

AMA Arch Surg. 1952;65(6):849-853.

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BENIGN papilloma of the peritoneum is a rare lesion, seldom noted except incidental to laparotomy or to postmortem examination. In fact, it is improbable that a diagnosis of this lesion can be made except by direct visualization of the peritoneum.

A review of the literature reveals confusion with regard to this tumor and the more commonly reported mesothelioma of the peritoneum to which it bears a poorly understood relationship. So far as can be reasonably determined, this lesion was first recognized by Wells,¹ in 1935, who described the tumor as a benign, branching villous papilloma. The lesion was noted as an incidental finding at autopsy of a 79-year-old man whose death was secondary to suprapubic prostatectomy. Wells found this tumor to consist of numerous villous processes, covered by cuboidal cells continuous with the mesothelium of the peritoneum; the stoma was coarse, composed of connective tissue, and multiple lesions were . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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PHILADELPHIA

From the Departments of Proctology (Dr. Lowell, Resident) and Pathology, Temple University School of Medicine and Temple University Hospital.

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