LARGE HEALED TUBERCULOUS FOCUS (PROBABLY PRIMARY) SIMULATING METASTATIC CARCINOMA OF THE LUNG
Authors: Milton Kissin, Abraham G. Cohen
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1941)

Article1 January 1941LARGE HEALED TUBERCULOUS FOCUS (PROBABLY PRIMARY) SIMULATING METASTATIC CARCINOMA OF THE LUNGMILTON KISSIN, M.D., ABRAHAM G. COHEN, M.D.MILTON KISSIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ABRAHAM G. COHEN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-14-7-1216 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptKnowledge of the primary tuberculous complex dates from the work of Kuss (1898), Albrecht (1909), and Ghon (1912).†The pulmonary component of the complex, which is a zone of caseous pneumonia surrounding the site of the initial infection, is known in modern medicine as the primary or Ghon focus (tubercle). It is usually located subpleurally and is often very small, generally not larger than a bean, rarely larger than a hazel-nut. Over 95 per cent of cases have only one focus, and cases having more than two are very rare. It is most often found in the lower portion of...Bibliography1. BIGLER JA: Interpretation of roentgenograms of the chest in children based on observations at necropsy. II. Tuberculosis, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1929, xxxviii, 1166-1182. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. FRIED BM: The primary complex (initial anatomic lesion in childhood type of tuberculosis), a historical study, Arch. Path., 1936, xxii, 829-839. Google Scholar3. GHON quoted by SCHICK, B.: Tuberculosis in childhood, Med. Clin. N. Am., 1936, xx, 719-736. Google Scholar4. GRAHAMSINGER EAJJ: Three cases of resection of calcified pulmonary abscess (or tuberculosis) simulating tumor, Jr. Thorac. Surg., 1936, vi, 173-183. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. HIRSCH IS: Pulmonary changes in polycythemia vera, Radiology, 1936, xxvi, 469-473. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. KÖHLER A: Roentgenology, Transl, from 5th Edition by A. Turnbull, 1928, Wm. Wood, N. Y., p. 315. Google Scholar7. MEYER WH: Clinical roentgen pathology of thoracic lesions, 1932, Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, p. 134. Google Scholar8. MYERSHARRINGTONSTEWARTWOLFF JAFECAM: First-infection-type tuberculosis, Am. Rev. Tuberc., 1935, xxxii, 631-643. Google Scholar9. PAGELHENKE WF: Lungentuberkulose, in Henke-Lubarsch: Handbuch der speziellen pathologischen Anatomie und Histologie, 1930, Springer, Berlin, Vol. III, part 2, p. 190. Google Scholar10. SHANKSKERLEYTWINING SCPEW: A text-book of x-ray diagnosis, 1938, H. K. Lewis, London, Vol. I, p. 315. Google Scholar11. WALLGREN A: Primary pulmonary tuberculosis in childhood, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1935, xlix, 1105-1136. Google Scholar12. WESSLERJACHES HL: Clinical roentgenology of diseases of the chest, 1923, Southworth Publishing Co., Troy, p. 71. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication July 15, 1939.From the Medical Service of Beth Israel Hospital, New York City.†Fried2 has recently written a historical review on the primary tuberculous complex. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 January 1941Volume 14, Issue 7Page: 1216-1224KeywordsColonLesionsLobectomyLung and intrathoracic tumorsLungsMedical servicesPneumoniaPulmonary diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1941 PDF downloadLoading ...