Table 1.
Individual descriptive appendectomy pathology and cytology results at the time of laparoscopic surveillance
LAMN without DPAM | Perforation | Extra-appendiceal mucin | Extra-appendiceal cells | Cytology at laparoscopy |
1 | + | + | − | − |
2 | + | + | + | − |
3 | + | + | + | − |
4 | + | + | − | − |
5 | + | + | + | − |
6 | + | + | + | − |
7 | + | + | + | − |
8 | + | + | − | − |
9 | + | + | − | − |
10 | − | − | − | − |
11 | + | + | − | − |
12 | − | − | − | − |
13 | + | + | + | − |
14 | + | + | − | − |
15 | + | + | − | − |
16 | N/A | N/A | N/A | − |
17 | N/A | N/A | N/A | − |
Total | 13/15 (87 %) | 13/15 (87 %) | 6/15 (40 %) | 0/17 (0 %) |
LAMN with DPAM | Perforation | Extra-appendiceal mucin | Extra-appendiceal cells | Cytology at laparoscopy |
1 | + | + | + | + |
2 | + | + | − | − |
3 | + | + | + | − |
4 | + | + | + | + |
5 | + | + | + | + |
Total | 5/5 (100 %) | 5/5 (100 %) | 4/5 (80 %) | 3/5 (60 %) |
All patients | 18/20 (90 %) | 18/20 (90 %) | 10/20 (50 %) | 3/22 (14 %) |
Descriptive pathology results were not available in two patients labeled N/A