Neuromas of the Appendix: A Light-Microscopic, Immunohistochemical and Electron-Microscopic Study of 20 Cases

The neural origin and even the existence of appendiceal neuromas have been questioned. We have studied 20 examples, 7 discovered during a prospective examination of 26 consecutive routine appendectomy specimens (for an incidence of 27%), 2 selected from random cases, and 11 discovered in a retrospec