Pseudomyxoma peritonei associated with an appendix obstructed by an argentaffinoma (carcinoid) in a male

✍ Scribed by R. Winston Evans; A. Furser Murphy

• Book ID: 102768844
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1959
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 965 KB
• Volume: 47
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-1323
• DOI: 10.1002/bjs.18004720211

✦ Synopsis

Although the condition is one of extreme simplicity, both in its morbid anatomy and cure, the prognosis in the untreated case is probably very bad, being comparable to that of severe py1ori.c stenosis.

SUMhURY

mucosal diaphragm are reviewed. cussed.

are described.

I . The history and recorded cases of prepyloric

2. The morbid anatomy is described. 3. The probable origin of the condition is dis-4. The clinical features and X-ray appearances 5. Two further cases are recorded.

Acknowledgements.-It is a great pleasure to acknowledge the help of Mr. H. Blacow Yates in preparing this paper and in allowing me to publish Case 2. I am also indebted to Mr. R. L. Holt for his kindness in allowing me to record Case I, which was treated under his care in the Manchester Royal Infirmary. My thanks are also due to Dr. J. L. Edwards for the pathological examination of the stomach in Case 2 and for his figures on the incidence of the condition and for his assistance, and that of Mr. W. J. Lytle, in preparing this paper. I would also like to thank Dr. T. Lodge for the X-ray plates and report in Case 2, and Miss D. E. Rowling for the illustrations.