A.M.A. archives of surgery

AFTER the publication of an article by Collins entitled, Endometriosis of the Vermiform Appendix: Review of Literature, with Addition of Nine New Instances, One of Which Caused Severe Melena, which appeared in the A. M. A.Archives, 1 it now…

ENDOMETRIOSIS is one of the more serious afflictions of modern woman. Striking in the home-building years from youth1to menopause and often causing severe pain, childlessness and dyspareunia as well as intestinal and urinary lesions, the di…

ENDOMETRIOSIS means, pathologically, the occurrence of endometrial-like tissue outside the limits of the mucosal lining of the uterus. Endometriosis of the vermiform appendix, although rare, is being seen with increased frequency. This type…