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underwent an explorative laparotomy with
mesenteric lymph node biopsy. Three of these
patients were alive at the end of 1990, 16 years,
3 years and 16 months after diagnosis. One
patient died of disease 7 years after diagnosis.
In four the mode of presentation was that of
metastatic disease of unknown origin. In one
of these patients the diagnosis was made after
appendectomy for ruptured appendicitis. In the
other three the diagnosis was made at autopsy.
Two had pseudomyxoma peritonei. One of these
patients received chemotherapy and later underwent
removal of tumour bulk. Another patient received
radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Survival for
these four patients was less than one year. No
tumours were diagnosed in en passant removed
appendices. The incidence of adenocarcinoma
of the vermiform appendix in Iceland during
the period 1974-1990 is approximatley 0.2 cases
/100.000 /year.
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