Three cases illustrating the relationship of certain blood diseases and sarcoma / by F.G. Bushnell.

  • Bushnell, F.G.
Date:
1908
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Credit: Three cases illustrating the relationship of certain blood diseases and sarcoma / by F.G. Bushnell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Case II. 18/10/07. 24/10/07. 5/11/07. 14/11/07. Erythrocytes . Leucocytes Hsemoglobin ludex 4,056,000 222,200 80% 1-0 3,328,000 124,000 70% 1-0 3,350,000 64% 0-86 2,138,000 66,138 50% 1-1 Leucocytes— Polynuclears Eosinophil Small lymphocytes Large lymphocytes Transitionals Myelocytes . Eosinophil myelo- cytes Mast cells Per cent. Per c.mm. 8-4 18,664 0- 5 1,111 65-1 144,430 17-4 38,662 1- 4 3,110 7-0 15,554 ) 0-6 1,332 i Per cent. 10-6 0- 7 50-6 26-7 1- 0 9-4 0-3 ... Per cent. 8-4 35'0 3-6 3-6 18/10/07.—3 normoblasts ; megalo-, micro-, and poikilocytes present. Post-mortem Examination. (10th December, by Mr Woottou, House Physician.) Autopsy made outside the hospital, and a brief report only could be obtained. • The body was pale, but there was no loss of fat. The liver was enlarged and fatty, but there was no growth seen. Weight, 3 lbs. 4 ozs. The kidneys showed no abnormality. Weight, 4^ ozs. each. The spleen was very large and firm. No new growth was seen. Weight, 2 Ihs. The lungs showed no new growth, either about bronchi or in parenchyma. There was some bloody pleural effusion. The lymph glands were generally enlarged, both superficial and deep; those above the right clavicle were especially in- creased in size, and also those in the right axilla and about the pancreas and spleen, where they were dark in* colour. The mediastinal glands had fused into a mass the size of a mature cocoanut, and appeared to have malignant characters. The ovaries and uterus appeared normal.