Primary carcinoma of the veriform appendix : a critical study of 90 cases, with references to 123 cases / by Clarence A. McWilliams.

  • McWilliams, Clarence A.
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[1908?]
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Credit: Primary carcinoma of the veriform appendix : a critical study of 90 cases, with references to 123 cases / by Clarence A. McWilliams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PRIMARY CARCINOMA OF THE VERMIFORM APPENDIX. A CRITICAL STUDY OF 90 CASES, WITH REFERENCES TO 123 CASES * By Clarence A. McWilliams, M.D. (Reprinted from the American Journal of the Medical Sciences, June, 1908.) / /<s f\<rvLa (LK* 4 ** *v.evv\ 4? tlj*? ■ t jJ 0^ The increasing reports of isolated cases of primary carcinoma of the appendix, which one finds in the literature, testify not only to the greater interest now manifested in the study of the pathological anatomy of that organ, but also to the greater care exercised in its examination, whether removed at operation or on the autopsy table. A sufficient number of such neoplasms has now been recorded to make a critical study of them interest¬ ing and instructive. To the 87 cases that I have found reported in the literature, I desire to add the following 3 cases: Case XXII.—An unmarried, German, immigrant girl, aged twenty years, was admitted, on September 5th, 1907, directly from the steamer to the Presbyterian Hospital, to the service of Dr. F. T. Brown, to whom I am indebted for the privilege of tak¬ ing care of and reporting the case. Except for some seasickness, she had been well up to two days prior to landing, at which time she was taken with severe pain in the right side of the abdomen. She had fever, and was markedly prostrated. The right lower quadrant of the abdomen became very tender to pressure. On admission to the Hospital, her temperature was 101°, and her pulse * The reports of 33 additional cases were found alter the statistics in this article had been completed. Since it was impossible to include them in the detailed study, they have been added in an appendix. The total number ot cases reported, therefore, is 123. The literature is brought