On the Morbid Anatomy of the Diaphragm
Authors: Balduin Lucké
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1931)

Article1 December 1931On the Morbid Anatomy of the DiaphragmBALDUIN LUCKÉBALDUIN LUCKÉSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-5-6-750 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe diaphragm is probably the most interesting and important of all skeletal muscles. Its general physiological properties are unique1; it plays a prominent part in a variety of functions of the body. Thus, it is the chief muscle of respiration, and it acts as an important circulatory muscle by propelling venous blood and lymph into the chest cavity. While the physiology of the diaphragm has received much attention, the pathology of this organ has been greatly neglected; with the exception of reports on diaphragmatic hernia and subphrenic abscess, there are but few studies concerning its morbid anatomy. Yet here, as...References1 LEEGUENTHERMELENEY FSAEHE: Some of the geenral physiological properties of diaphragm muscle as compared with other certain mammalian muscles, Am. Jr. Physiol., 1916, xl, 446-473. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2 KITAIN H: Zur Kenntniss der Haüfigkeit und der Lokalization von Krebsmetastasen mit besonderer Berücksichtigung ihres histologischen Baus, Virchow's Arch., 1922, ccxxxviii, 289-309. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3 RAJEWSKY A: Über secundäre Krebsentwickelung im Diaphragma, Virchow's Arch., 1876, lxvi, 154-171. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4 MEYENBURG HV: Die quergestreifte Muskulatur, Henke, F. and Lubarsch, O., Handb. d. spez. Pathol, Anat. u. Hist., vol. 9, pt. 1, 1929, J. Springer, Berlin. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5 ROHRER CW: Inflammation of the diaphragm complicating pneumonia, Maryland Med. Jr., 1901-2, xlv, 391-397. Google Scholar6 COPLIN WM: Changes in the intercostal muscles and diaphragm in infective processes involving the lung and pleura, Proc. Path. Soc. Philadelphia, 1904, vii (N.S.), 65-81. Google Scholar7 WELLS HG: Waxy degeneration of the diaphragm: a factor in causing death in pneumonia and in other conditions. Arch. Path., 1927, iv, 681-686. Google Scholar8 CALLANDER GW: On fatty degeneration of the diaphragm, Lancet, 1867, i, 39-40. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9 ZAHN W: Die degenerativen Veränderungen der Zwerchfellmuskulatur, ihre Ursachen und Folgen, Virchow's Arch., 1878, lxxiii, 166-180. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10 FALKENSTEIN S: Ein Beitrag zur Pathologie des Zwerchfelles, I-D., Bonn, 1904. Google Scholar11 KOLODNY : Über die Verfettung der willkürlichen Muskulatur, Virchow's Arch., 1922, ccxxxvi, 270-278. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12 EPPINGER H: Allg. u. Spez. Pathol. d. Zwerchfelles, Supl. to H. Nothnagel: Spez. Path. u. Therap, 1911, Alfred Hoeber, Wien u. Leipzig. Google Scholar13 HITZENBERGER K: Das Zwerchfell, im gesunden und kranken Zustand, 1927, J. Springer Wien. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14 LANDIS HR: Disease of the diaphragm, Osler, Wm.; Modern Medicine, 3rd ed., 1927, vol. iv, 334-345, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia. NORRIS G. WM., and LANDIS, H. R. M.: Diseases of the chest, Chapt. xxiv, pp. 682-705, 3rd ed., 1924, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: BALDUIN LUCKÉAffiliations: Philadelphia, Pa.*Presented at the Baltimore Meeting of the American College of Physicians, March 25, 1931.†From the Laboratory of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, and the Laboratory of Pathology, Philadelphia General Hospital. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byZwerchfellA PULSATING EPIGASTRIC MASS DUE TO PERFORATION OF A TUBERCULOUS PERICARDIAL ABSCESS THROUGH THE DIAPHRAGMZwerchfelltumorenExperimentelle Untersuchung über Zwerchfellveränderungen bei langsamer Erstickung 1 December 1931Volume 5, Issue 6Page: 750-758KeywordsBloodHerniaHospital medicineLymphMusclesPathology and laboratory medicineResearch laboratoriesRespirationSkeletal musclesThorax ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1931 PDF downloadLoading ...