Malignant Thymoma
Authors: LEWELLYS F. BARKER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1932)

Article1 March 1932Malignant Thymomaof Reticulum-Cell Type With Pressure on the Left Lung, Trachea, Esophagus, Left Phrenic and Left Recurrent Laryngeal Nerves, and With Metastases to the Glands of the Left Side of the Neck; Importance of Biopsy for Differential Diagnosis of Cervical Lymphadenopathies* †LEWELLYS F. BARKER, M.D., F.A.C.P.LEWELLYS F. BARKER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-5-9-1113 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe patient selected by Professor Pincoffs to be discussed by me this afternoon illustrates very well not only the importance of making a general diagnostic survey, but also the great diagnostic help that may be derived from bioptic examination of a lymph gland when there is enlargement of the glands in the neck. Though we make it a rule to select, ordinarily, for demonstration at these clinics, cases of the more frequently encountered maladies of interest to the general practitioner, we are breaking that rule today in order to show you one of the rarer pathological states that offer certain...Selected References AMBROSINI G: De l'épithéliome du thymus. Thèse de Paris, 1894, No. 344, 60 pp. Google Scholar V.BERGMANN G: Die Erkrankungen des Mediastinum. In: Handb. d. inn. Med. (v.Bergmann and Staehelin), 2 Aufl., Berl., 1928, ii, pt. 1, 637-672. CrossrefGoogle Scholar EWING J: The thymus and its tumors. In his: Neoplastic diseases. Phila., W. B. Saunders Co., 3 ed., 1928, 966-977. Google Scholar HALPERNPOPPER FH: Ueber einen Fall von Myasthenie bei einer lymphoepithelialen Geschwulst der Thymusdrüse. Ztschr. f. d. ges. Neurol. u. Psychiat., Berl., 1931, cxxxii, 296-310. CrossrefGoogle Scholar HUN H: Myasthenia gravis; with a report on the autopsy by G. Blumer, together with a report of the microscopical examination of the tissues by G. L. Streeter. Albany Med. Ann., 1904, xxv, 56-69, 3 Pl. Google Scholar LEVIN I: Lymphoma malignum (Hodgkin's disease) and lymphosarcoma. Pathogenesis, radiotherapy and prognosis. Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1931, xcvi, 421-426. CrossrefGoogle Scholar MANDELBAUMCELLER FSHL: A contribution to the pathology of myasthenia gravis; report of a case with unusual form of thymic tumor. Jr. Exper. Med., 1908, x, 308-328, 3 pl. CrossrefGoogle Scholar MATTI H: Physiologie und Pathologie der Thymusdrüse. Ergebn. d. inn. Med., 1913, x, 1-144. Google Scholar RABINOVITCH AM: Zur Diagnostik der Thymome. Fortschr. a. d. Geb. d. Röntgenstrahlen, 1913, xliii, 71-75. Google Scholar SCHRIDDE H: Bösartige Thymusgeschwülste. In: Aschoff's Pathol. Anat., 5 Aufl., ii, 188-189. Google Scholar SPIES JW: "Lymphosarcoma" of the neck. Surg., Gynecol. and Obst., 1931, lii, 815-824. Google Scholar THIROLOIXDEBRÉ JR: Àpropos d'un épithélioma du mediastin antérieur; essai de classification des tumeurs cancéreuses de la loge thymique. Arch. de méd. expér. et d'anat. path., Par., 1907, xix, 668-696. Google Scholar WARTHIN AS: The pathology of thymic hyperplasia and the status lymphaticus. Arch. Pediat., N.Y., 1909, xxvi, 597-617. Also: Diseases of the thymus. In: Mod. Med. (Osier and McCrae), 3. ed., Phila., 1927, v, 428-460. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: LEWELLYS F. BARKER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Affiliations: Baltimore, Md.*Clinic to physicians at the University of Maryland, November 19, 1931.†Received for publication, November 24, 1931. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe surgery of mediastinal tumorsDie Krankheiten der ThymusDie Krankheiten der Thymus 1 March 1932Volume 5, Issue 9Page: 1113-1122KeywordsLymphThymoma ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1932 PDF downloadLoading ...