EXTRAHEPATIC BILIARY OBSTRUCTION: EXPERIENCE WITH NEEDLE BIOPSY OF THE LIVER
Authors: E R MOVITT, A E DAVIS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Article1 May 1954EXTRAHEPATIC BILIARY OBSTRUCTION: EXPERIENCE WITH NEEDLE BIOPSY OF THE LIVERE. R. MOVITT, M.D., F.A.C.P., A. E. DAVIS, M.D.E. R. MOVITT, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, A. E. DAVIS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-40-5-952 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe introduction of needle liver biopsy by Roholm and Iversen1in 1939 has broadened considerably the diagnostic horizon in diseases of the liver and biliary tract, as well as in other conditions not primarily hepatobiliary in nature. The extent to which this procedure has been adopted in the United States is attested by, among other things, a recent report on the activities of the Liver Registry of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.2Over 2,000 biopsy specimens have so far been analyzed at the Institute, although to date many more are already available. The greatest individual group in this series...Bibliography1. RoholmIversen KP: Changes in the liver in acute epidemic hepatitis (catarrhal jaundice) based on 38 aspiration biopsies, Acta path. et microbiol. Scandinav. 16: 427, 1939. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Report of Committee on Liver Registry, Gastroenterology 23: 510, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Mallory TB: The pathology of epidemic hepatitis, J. A. M. A. 134: 655, 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. DibleMcMichaelSherlock JHJSP: Pathology of acute hepatitis. Aspiration biopsy of epidemic, arsenotherapy and serum jaundice, Lancet 2: 402, 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. WeisbrodSchiffGallClevelandBerman FGLEAFPJR: Needle biopsy of the liver. III. Experience in the differential diagnosis of jaundice, Gastroenterology 14: 56, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. PopperSchaffner HF: Laboratory diagnosis of liver disease. Coordinated use of histological and biochemical observations, J. A. M. A. 150: 1367, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. RoholmKrarup KNB: Histopathology of liver in obstructive jaundice examined by aspiration biopsy, Acta med. Scandinav. 108: 48, 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. PopperFranklin HM: Diagnosis of hepatitis by histologic and functional laboratory methods, J. A. M. A. 137: 230, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. WatsonHoffbauer CJFW: The problem of prolonged hepatitis with particular reference to the cholangiolitic type and to the development of cholangiolitic cirrhosis of the liver, Ann. Int. Med. 25: 195, 1946. LinkGoogle Scholar10. PopperSchaffner HF: Hepatic tests, in Advances in internal medicine, Vol. 4, 1950, The Year Book Publishers, Inc., Chicago, pp. 357-432. Google Scholar11. GiansiracusaAlthausen JETL: Diagnostic management of patients with jaundice, J. A. M. A. 134: 589, 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12. Ricketts WE: An analysis of tests widely used in the differential diagnosis of jaundice, Gastroenterology 23: 391, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13. PopperHuergaSteigmanSlodki HJdFM: Turbidimetric gamma globulin determinations in hepatobiliary diseases, J. Lab. and Clin. Med. 35: 391, 1950. Google Scholar14. HoffbauerRamesMeinert FWEDJK: Evaluation of laboratory tests in the differential diagnosis of jaundice, Bull. Univ. of Minnesota Hospitals and Minnesota Med. Foundation 20: 154, 1948. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication October 21, 1953.From the Medical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, Oakland, California. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byPercutaneous Liver Biopsy in Patients with Large Bile Duct ObstructionChlorpromazine jaundice 1 May 1954Volume 40, Issue 5Page: 952-962KeywordsArmed forcesBiliary systemBiopsyLiverLiver diseasesMedical services ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1954 PDF downloadLoading ...