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 I. 6/7/07. 18/8/07. 8/9/07. 18/9/07. Erythrocytes Leucocytes Hsemoglobin Index 2,922,800 7,200 56-68% 0-973 1,888,000 3,200 46% 1-15 3,360,000 4,000 40% 1-7 1,360,000 6,900 26% 1-0 Polynuclears Eosinophils Lymphocytes j ^3 j Transitionals Myelocytes Mast.... 21 78 46 1-7 46-7 2 2 0-9 35-8 1 60 ' i 0-4 30-3 i i “'2 3-6 2 ... 0/7/07.—Many of the lymphocytes are atypical, being large, with much cytoplasm. 18/8/07.—There were 9 megaloblasts, 13 normoblasts, and 4 microblasts in the slides examined. 8/9/07.—2 megaloblasts, 15 normoblasts, 5 microblasts in the slides examined. Autopsy. (By Mr A. W. Anderson, House Physician, 11th October 1907.) Body very pale, well nourished, soft. Eigor mortis barely present; post-mortem lividity absent. Lungs.—Pleurae not abnormal; no fluid present. Eight lung: two patches of consolidation the size of a large marble in upper lobe; lung was oedematous. Left lung: very cedematous. Heart.—Pericardium contained about six or eight ounces of clear serous fluid. There was no thickening or inflammation of pericardium. Heart very large. Eight ventricle dilated. Much ante-mortem clot in both auricles. Numerous minute haemorrhages beneath pericardium and endocardium, especially about auriculo-ventricular valves. Heart muscle flabby, and shows “ tabby-cat ” striations of fatty degeneration on endo- cardial surface, especially on papillary muscles. Valves show no abnormality. Aorta healthy.
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