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Mucinous Appendiceal Adenocarcinoma Presenting 5 Years after Appendectomy
- Michael A. Thompson, MD, PhD;
- Rendell W. Ashton, MD; and
- Henry C. Pitot, MD
- From Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905.
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TO THE EDITOR:
Appendiceal cancer is rare, accounting for less than 0.4% of all intestinal neoplasms (1). Pseudomyxoma peritonei was first described by Werth in 1884 in association with a benign ovarian cystadenoma (2) …
