Identifier: diseasesofinfan00fisc (find matches)
Title: Diseases of infancy and childhood
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Fischer, Louis, 1864- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Children
Publisher: Philadelphia, F. A. Davis company (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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Fig. 288.— Spindle-cell Sarcoma.The prominence of the tumor slrowsby contrast the emaciation of thebody. (Original.) 844 ABNORJVIAL GROWTHS. As the tumor frequently appears to show a distinct pointing, this lattercondition suggesting fluid, an anaesthetic was given witli the assistance of Dr. J. W.Wurthman. The anaesthetic was badly borne and I succeeded with difficulty inmaking two exploratory punctures. An x-ray examination, to verify the clinical data, was made by Dr. C. Beck, towhom the case was referred. The heart could be plainly seen pulsating on the right
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Fig. 289.—-Anterior View of the Tumor. Showing also the position of thedisplaced heart and the enlarged veins. (Original.) side. No definite satisfactory data could be learned concerning the tumor, onaccount of the restlessness of the patient, and the child was removed to St. MarksHospital and operated. The child died soon after the operation. A specimen of the tumor, removed during the operation, was sent by me to Dr.Mandlebaum, for a pathologic examination. He reporteil the tumor to be a spindle-cell sarcoma in a rather active state of giowth, on account of the large number ofmitoses present. The fluid contained simply red blood cells and no pus. HYPERNEPHROMA. 845 Sarcomatous growths in children are quite rare, though met with fromtime to time. Thus Mauderli, in tlie Childrens Hospital of Basle, Swit-zerland, reports for the last twenty years that he treated a total of 10patients: 7 boys and 3 girls, of whom 4 were under 3 years of age, 3 werebetween 3 and 6 years, 1 was between

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