REPORT OF TWO UNUSUAL CASES OF PRIMARY CARCINOMA: I. PRIMARY CARCINOMA IN THE LIVER, WITH CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER, OCCURRING IN A FEMALE. II. PRIMARY CARCINOMA IN THE JEJUNUM
Authors: Reuben Finkelstein, Mendel Jacobi
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1934)

Article1 April 1934REPORT OF TWO UNUSUAL CASES OF PRIMARY CARCINOMA: I. PRIMARY CARCINOMA IN THE LIVER, WITH CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER, OCCURRING IN A FEMALE. II. PRIMARY CARCINOMA IN THE JEJUNUMREUBEN FINKELSTEIN, M.D., F.A.C.P., MENDEL JACOBI, M.D.REUBEN FINKELSTEIN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, MENDEL JACOBI, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-7-10-1319 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPrimary carcinomas in the liver and in the small intestines, especially in the jejunum, are sufficiently rare to be reported. This is especially true when some unusual features accompany the conditions.Up to about 1871, primary carcinoma in the liver was reported quite frequently, but since then, due to the more thorough examinations and the more careful observations at autopsy, many of such cases are found to be secondary to carcinoma in other organs of the body. In 36 years, from 1870 to 1906, about 18,500 autopsies were performed at Guy's Hospital, London. Among these, only 24 cases of undoubted...References1. ALBUTTROLLESTON TCHD: System of medicine, vol. 4, part 1, 1908, Macmillan and Co., London, p. 215. Google Scholar2. WINTERNITZ MC: Primary carcinoma of the liver, Johns Hopkins Hosp. Rep., 1916, xvii, 143-184. Google Scholar3. EGGEL H: Über das primäre Carcinom der Leber, Beitr. z. path. Anat. u. z. allg. Path., Jena, 1901, xxx, 506. Google Scholar4. COUNSELLERMCINDOE VSAH: Primary carcinoma of liver, Arch. Int. Med., 1926, xxxvii, 363-387. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. HEDINGER E: Primärer Leberkrebs bei zwei Schwestern, Centralbl. f. allg. Path. u. path. Anat., 1915, xxvi, 385-387. Google Scholar6. STRONGPITTS GFHH: Primary carcinoma of liver, Arch. Int. Med., 1930, xlvi, 105-120. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. HARRISROSENBLUM FIH: Primary carcinoma in jejunum; report of case, Arch. Surg., 1931, xxiii, 805-812. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. BARON M: (In discussion), Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1929, xcii, 287. Google Scholar9. RANKINDONALD FWJM: Ectopic pseudomucinous cystadenoma of ovary; sacrococcygeal dermoid cyst; carcinoma of jejunum; carcinoma of rectosigmoid associated with thromboangiitis obliterans, Surg. Clin. N. Am., 1932, xii, 911-915. Google Scholar10. ROBLEE MA: Secondary adenocarcinoma of ovaries from jejunum, Am. Jr. Obst. and Gynec., 1929, xviii, 790-794. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: REUBEN FINKELSTEIN, M.D., F.A.C.P.; MENDEL JACOBI, M.D.Affiliations: Brooklyn, New York*Received for publication June 10, 1933.From the Gastro-Intestinal Service and the Laboratory Department of the Beth-El Hospital, Brooklyn, New York. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 April 1934Volume 7, Issue 10 Page: 1319-1326 Keywords Autopsy Cirrhosis Gastroenterology and hepatology Jejunum Liver Research laboratories Small intestine ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1934 PDF downloadLoading ...