The Pathology of Certain Signs and Symptoms in Primary Carcinoma of the Lung: Illustrative Cases
Authors: Carl Vernon Weller
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1929)

Article1 February 1929The Pathology of Certain Signs and Symptoms in Primary Carcinoma of the Lung: Illustrative CasesCARL VERNON WELLER, M.S., M.D.CARL VERNON WELLER, M.S., M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-2-8-725 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn one hundred clinical reports of carcinoma of the lungs (including the bronchi), selected at random from the literature, the various signs and symptoms were mentioned in diminishing order of frequency, as follows: Cough; sputum, usually bloody or blood-streaked at some time, but rarely of the "raspberry jelly" or "currant jelly" type; pain in chest; dyspnoea; loss of weight; osteo-arthropathy, usually in the form of clubbing of the fingers only; pleural effusion, frequently bloody; fever; venous engorgement, or oedema, or both, of the upper portion of the body; disturbances of the central nervous system; hoarseness; anorexia; paralysis of a vocal...(1) WELLER CV: General Review: The pathology of primary carcinoma of the lung. Arch. Path., 1929, (in press.) Google Scholar(2) WELLER CV: Primary carcinoma of the larger bronchi. Arch. Int. Med., 1913, XI, 314-333. CrossrefGoogle Scholar(3) MCCRAEFUNKJACKSON TEHC: Primary carcinoma of the bronchi. J. A. M. A., 1927, LXXXIX, 1140-1146. VINSON, PORTER P.; MOERSCH, HERMAN J., AND KIRKLIN, B. R.: Value of bronchoscopy in diagnosis of malignant conditions of the lungs. J. A. M. A., 1928, XCI, 1439-1442. CrossrefGoogle Scholar(4) EISLER F: Zur Röntgendiagnose der Lungentumoren. Wien. Arch. f. inn. Med., 1925, XI, 245-250. LENK, ROBERT: Zur Röntgendiagnose der Bronchuskarzinome. Fortschr. a. d. Geb. d. Röntgenstrahlen. 1926, XXXIV, 485-489. HYDE, T. L., AND HOLMES, G. W.: The roentgenological aspects of primary tumors of the lungs. Am. J. Roentgenol. and Rad. Therapy, 1927, XVIII, 235-243. Google Scholar(5) See footnote (2) for reference to earlier report of this case. Google Scholar(6) BARRON M: Carcinoma of the lung: study of its incidence, pathology and relative importance; report of thirteen cases at necropsy. Arch. Surg., 1922, IV, 624-660. CrossrefGoogle Scholar(7) BRUECKEN AJ: Discussing paper by Deaver, F. J., and Royce, C. E. Penn. M. J., 1922, XXV, 545-550. Google Scholar(8) KIKUTH W: Ueber Lungencarcinom. Virchow Arch. f. Path. Anat., 1925, CCLV, 107-128. CrossrefGoogle Scholar(9) DANAMCINTOSH HWR: Obstruction of the superior vena cava by primary carcinoma of the lung. Am. J. M. Sc., 1922, CLXIII, 411-425. CrossrefGoogle Scholar(10) BARRON M: Loc. cit. Google Scholar(11) TELEKY L: Beitrag zur Lehre von der "Osteoarthropathie hypertrophiante pneumique." Wien. klin. Wochenschr., 1897, X, 143-149. Google Scholar(12) BRUNN H: Primary carcinoma of the lung; report of two operative cases. Arch. Surg., 1926, XII, 406-439. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *From the Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Nextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDie Ausbrecherform des Bronchuskrebses 1 February 1929Volume 2, Issue 8Page: 725-746KeywordsCentral nervous systemEdemaFeversLung and intrathoracic tumorsParalysisPleural effusionSigns and symptomsSputumThoraxWeight loss ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 February 1929 PDF downloadLoading ...