RT Journal
A1 ALLABEN JE
T1 THe migratory appendix
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1919
FD March 8
VO 72
IS 10
SP 724
OP 724
DO 10.1001/jama.1919.02610100032013
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1919.02610100032013
AB There are certain types of tumors in the abdomen, usually cystic in character, that become attached by adhesions at a point distant from their origin and finally become detached entirely from their original locality, their nutrition being maintained through blood vessels in the new adhesions. These tumors are known as migratory tumors. The peculiarity of these growths suggested to my mind the caption of this article. It is not difficult to understand that the appendix might be subjected to a similar condition, and, being separated from the cecum, might maintain an entirely separate life through new blood vessels formed in abundant adhesions. A condition of this kind is well illustrated by the following case:REPORT OF CASE 
    Miss F. M., aged 23, had suffered from a gonorrheal infection for which I had treated her for nine months. In August, 1917, she had recovered sufficiently so that treatments were discontinued. She