LYMPHANGITIC CARCINOMATOSIS OF THE LUNGS; CASE REPORT WITH AUTOPSY FINDINGS
Authors: H. J. Schattenberg, John F. Ryan
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1941)

Case Reports1 March 1941LYMPHANGITIC CARCINOMATOSIS OF THE LUNGS; CASE REPORT WITH AUTOPSY FINDINGSH. J. SCHATTENBERG, M.S., M.D., JOHN F. RYAN, A.B., M.D.H. J. SCHATTENBERG, M.S., M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JOHN F. RYAN, A.B., M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-14-9-1710 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptInfiltration of the pleural, peribronchial, and perivascular lymphatics by neoplastic cells is a condition first noted by Andral1in 1829, again by Virchow2in 1855 and of which the gross lesions and the histopathology were described in detail by Troissier3and Raynaud4in 1874. It is most commonly secondary to carcinoma of the stomach, usually of the scirrhous infiltrating type, but primary sites in the bronchus and breast,5rectum,6kidney,7, 8ovary,9tongue,10prostate11and liver,12have been noted. The primary gastric malignancy is often clinically latent, or causes few symptoms, and the presenting complaints are those of respiratory or...References1. ANDRAL G: Précis. de path. Anat., Paris, 1829, ii, 44. Google Scholar2. VIRCHOW R: Gaz. Méd., 1855, 211. Quoted by Troissier and Wu. Google Scholar3. TROISSIER E: Cancer de l'estomac; Cancer secondaire des poumons. Lymphangite pulmonaire génèralisée, Bull. Soc. Anat. de Paris, 1873, xlviii, 834. Ibid: Recherches sur la lymphangite pulmonaire, Thèse de Paris, 1874, 142. Google Scholar4. RAYNAUD M: Lecture d'une mémoire sur l'angioleucite génèralisée des poumons, Bull. et mém. soc. méd. de hôp. de Paris, 1874, xi, 66. Google Scholar5. 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WADDELL, M.D., DAVID H. DOMBECK, M.D., HANS WEILL, M.D., F.A.C.P., MORTON M. ZISKIND, M.D., F.A.C.P.Lymphangitis carcinomatosaLYMPHANGITIC CARCINOMATOSIS OF THE LUNGS: SIX CASE REPORTS AND A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE*THEODORE E. HAUSER, ARTHUR STEERMiliary carcinoma of the lung 1 March 1941Volume 14, Issue 9Page: 1710-1721KeywordsAutopsyCarcinomatosisCellsHistopathologyHospital medicineLesionsLiverLungsStomach ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1941 PDF downloadLoading ...