Errors in the Diagnosis of Diseases Associated with Jaundice
Authors: GEORGE B. EUSTERMAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1932)

Article1 November 1932Errors in the Diagnosis of Diseases Associated with JaundiceObservations Based on 533 Cases Verified by Operation or NecropsyGEORGE B. EUSTERMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.GEORGE B. EUSTERMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-6-5-608 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn this article I have, except occasionally, purposely excluded from consideration cases of icterus neonatorum, or congenital defects of the biliary tract, cases of jaundice the result of obvious hepatotoxins such as arsphenamine, chloroform and arsenic, or of industrial poisons, and cases of septic poisoning, infectious disease, cardiovascular disease, syphilis, decompensated portal cirrhosis, epidemic (catarrhal) jaundice, obvious primary hypertrophic biliary cirrhosis (Hanot), pancreatic cysts, carotinemia and advanced metastatic carcinoma of the liver. The material selected represents a fairly consecutive series of cases which are, to a large extent, representative of the type in which surgical measures for the relief of...Bibliography BALFOURROSS DCJW: Postoperative biliary fistulas, Arch. Surg., 1921, iii, 582-594. CrossrefGoogle Scholar BOCKUSSHAYWILLARDPESSEL HLHJHJF. Comparison of biliary drainage and cholecystography in gallstone diagnosis with especial reference to bile microscopy, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1931, xcvi, 311-316. CrossrefGoogle Scholar EUSTERMAN GB: Carcinoma of the pancreas, a clinical study of 138 cases, Collected Papers of Mayo Clinic, 1922, xiv, 206-215. Google Scholar EUSTERMAN GB: Functional tests of the liver: a clinical review, ANN. INT. MED., 1927, i, 53-62. Google Scholar GREENESNELLWALTERS CHAMW: Functional tests in the surgical diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the liver and bile ducts, Jr. Lab. and Clin. Med., 1931, xvi, 765-774. Google Scholar HARTMAN HR: Jaundice in surgical cholecystitis without stones, Med. Clin. No. Am., 1923, vii, 89-95. Google Scholar JORDAN FM: Stones in the common bile duct without jaundice, Proc. Staff Meet. Mayo Clinic, 1930, v, 56-58. Google Scholar JUDD ES: Sequelae and accidents of biliary surgery, New Engl. Jr. Med., 1928, cxcix, 712-716. CrossrefGoogle Scholar JUDDCOUNSELLER ESVS: The effects of obstructive lesions of the common duct of the liver, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1927, lxxxix, 1751-1756. CrossrefGoogle Scholar JUDDMARSHALL ESJM: Gallstones in the common bile duct, Arch. Surg., 1931, xxiii, 175-181. CrossrefGoogle Scholar MARSHALL JR: Tumors of the bile ducts, Surg. Gynec. and Obst., 1932, liv, 6-12. Google Scholar MCVICARFITTS CSWT: Clinical aspects of jaundice, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1927, lxxxix, 2018-2021. CrossrefGoogle Scholar RICH AR: The pathogenesis of the forms of jaundice. Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1930, xlvii, 338-377. Google Scholar WEIR JF: The diagnosis of jaundice, Am. Jr. Surg., 1932, xv, 494-503. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: GEORGE B. EUSTERMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Affiliations: Rochester, Minnesota PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byGastroenterologic Progress and Problems - A Personal NarrativeToxic and Infectious Jaundice 1 November 1932Volume 6, Issue 5Page: 608-621KeywordsArsenicBiliary systemCardiovascular diseasesCongenital disordersHepatotoxinsInfectious diseasesLiverLiver diseasesPrimary biliary cirrhosisSyphilis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1932 PDF downloadLoading ...