Table 1.

Patients with concomitant malignant tumor.

Case	Age/Sex	Time of laparatomy	Diagnosis	Procedure	Subsequent course
1	44F	8 months	Gastric cancer (stage IIIB)	Resection	Died 12 months later of disseminated disease
2	63F	2 months	Sigmoid cancer (stage II)	Resection	Died 46 months later of disseminated disease
3	73F	15 days	Right colon cancer (stage III)	Resection	Well at 11 months postop
4	65F	14 months	Sigmoid cancer (stage III)	Resection	Well at 9 months postop