Primary Malignant Disease of the Liver

Article1 August 1952PRIMARY MALIGNANT DISEASE OF THE LIVERCONLEY H. SANFORD, M.D., F.A.C.P.CONLEY H. SANFORD, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-37-2-304 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSome years ago, interest in primary malignant disease of the liver was stimulated by finding at necropsy a few cases in which the correct diagnosis had not been made clinically. A review of the records of patients with this disease in the John Gaston Hospital was undertaken with a hope that common factors might be found that would enable one to make the diagnosis clinically in a higher percentage of cases. With the advent of the war, this work was interrupted and has only recently been resumed.Similar studies have been carried out by others. Strong and Pitts1reported 55...Bibliography1. StrongPittsMcPhee GFHHJG: Primary carcinoma of the liver—25 year study, Ann. Int. Med. 30: 791, 1949. LinkGoogle Scholar2. Smith KJ: Primary carcinoma of the liver, J. Lab. and Clin. Med. 18: 915 (July) 1933. Google Scholar3. Gustafson EG: An analysis of 62 cases of primary carcinoma of the liver, Ann. Int. Med. 11: 889 (Dec.) 1937. LinkGoogle Scholar4. Tull JC: Primary carcinoma of the liver; a study of one hundred and thirty-four cases, J. Path. and Bact. 35: 557 (July) 1932. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. CounsellerMcIndoe VSAH: Primary carcinoma of the liver, Arch. Int. Med. 37: 363 (March) 1926. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. Lewis HP: Pain in acute and chronic diseases of the liver, Ann. Int. Med. 35: 878 (Oct.) 1951. LinkGoogle Scholar7. Bockus HL: Gastro-enterology, vol. 3, 1946, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, p. 357. Google Scholar8. Keen WW: Report of a case of resection of the liver for the removal of a neoplasm, Ann. Surg. 30: 267, 1899. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. Wallace RH: Resection of the liver for hepatoma, Arch. Surg. 43: 14 (July) 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. Yeomans FC: Primary carcinoma of the liver, J. A. M. A. 64: 1301 (Apr. 17) 1915. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. Charache H: Primary carcinoma of the liver, report of a case and review of the literature, Am. J. Surg. 43: 96 (Jan.) 1939. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. Simpson WM: Tumor thrombosis of the inferior vena cava, with four additional cases of neoplastic invasion, Ann. Clin. Med. 3: 29, 1924. Google Scholar13. Gregory R: Primary carcinoma of the liver; tumor thrombosis of the inferior vena cava and right auricle, Arch. Int. Med. 64: 566 (Sept.) 1939. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. Adams HD: Intrathoracic extension of hepatic tumors, S. Clin. North America 28: 679-683 (June) 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar15. Schatzki R: Roentgen diagnosis of primary cancer of the liver, Am. J. Roentgenol. 46: 476 (Oct.) 1941. Google Scholar16. LisaSolomonGordon JRCEJ: Secondary carcinoma in cirrhosis of the liver, Am. J. Path. 18: 137 (Jan.) 1942. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Memphis, Tennessee*Received for publication March 3, 1952.From the Departments of Medicine, University of Tennessee College of Medicine and the John Gaston Hospital. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byMalignant Tissue Optical PropertiesIsolated intraductal variant of hepatocellular carcinomaHepatocellular carcinoma in the Rhodesian AfricanLeberClinical study on primary carcinoma of the liver in TaiwanSignificance of hyperphosphatasemia in alcoholics with liver diseaseHEPATOMA: CLINICAL EXPERIENCES WITH A FREQUENTLY BIZARRE TUMOR*ERNEST J. BENNER, M.D., DANIEL H. LABBY, M.D., F.A.C.P.Primary carcinoma of the liver�ber das prim�re LebercarcinomPrimary carcinoma of the liver with early metastasis to the spine and initial symptoms of paraplegiaThe Clinical Problem of Primary Carcinoma of the LiverIsolated Bone Metastases as a Manifestation of Primary Tumor of the LiverPrimary carcinoma of the liver.A study of 100 cases among 48,900 necropsies 1 August 1952Volume 37, Issue 2Page: 304-312KeywordsHospital medicineLiver diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1952 PDF downloadLoading ...