Table 1 Individual descriptive appendectomy pathology and cytology results at the time of laparoscopic surveillance

From: Early identification of DPAM in at-risk low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasm patients: a new approach to surveillance for peritoneal metastasis

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

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