Some observations on primary carcinoma of the liver : with references to museum specimens / by F.J. Wheeler.

  • Wheeler, F. J.
Date:
[1909?]
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Credit: Some observations on primary carcinoma of the liver : with references to museum specimens / by F.J. Wheeler. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (b.) Where growth was present in one other organ, or glands only involved :— 1. P.M. 162, 1898. In right lnng. (Specimen 98/29. ^ Curator’s Room.) 2. P.M. 246, 1902. Glands in nortal fissure involved. (Specimen 02/25. Curator’s Room.) 3. P.M. 523, 1902. Glands in portal fissure involved. (Specimen 02/47. Curator’s Room.) 4. P.M. 251, 1903. Glands near pancreas involved. (Specimen 03/38. Curator’s Room.) 5. P.M. 408, 1903. In fourth dorsal vertebra. (Dr. Nicholson’s slides.) (c.) Where no growth could be found elsewhere :— 1. P.M. 397, 1897. No specimen or slides available. 2. P.M. 64, 1897. 3. P.M. 297, 1900. (Slide from post-mortem inspection.) 4. P.M. 61,1905. (Specimen 05/11. Curator’s Room.) 5. P.M. 527, 1905. (Dr. Nicholson’s slide.) In group (a) it seemed unlikely that any of these could be primary growths in the liver. A specimen of the liver from P.M. 144, 1904, was preserved in the museum. Microscopically the growth was secondary to growth elsewhere, probably breast. No material could be obtained of the remaining livers in this group, and they have, therefore, also been excluded. In group (b) specimens or slides were available of all, and four out of the five were definitely primary carcinomata. The fifth case (P.M. 251, 1903) was secondary to growth elsewhere, in all probability prostate. In group (c) two cases (P.M. 64 and P.M. 397, 1897) have been rejected, no slides or specimens being available. In another instance (P.M. 297, 1900), although no growth was found in any other organ, microscopically the growth in the liver is obviously not of hepatic origin. The two remaining cases are genuine instances of primary carcinoma.
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