Sarcoma of the tongue / by J.H. Targett.

  • Targett, James Henry, 1862-1913.
Date:
[1890]
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Credit: Sarcoma of the tongue / by J.H. Targett. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    root of the tongue, and it extended upwards almost to the hard palate, concealing the isthmus faucium. The attachment of the tumour involved the whole breadth of the tongue, to which it was firmly fixed, and its outline was well defined. Its consistency was moderately hard throughout, except in one or two spots which felt decidedly soft. Excision of the whole tongue was performed through the submaxillary region. Death took place on the eighth day after the operation from bronchitis and lobular pneumonia. The microscopical exa- mination of the tumour showed that it was a round-celled sarcoma. Case 9 (Poncet, 'Lyon Medical,’ 1888, Iviii, p. 95).—The report of this case states that the patient was a man, aet. 32, who came under observation for a tumour of the tongue which had been growing for eight years. The lower jaw was divided and the tongue excised. The tumour weighed 400 grammes, and was considered to be a fasciculated sarcoma originating in the substance of the tongue, very probably in the submucous and intermuscular cellular tissues. In reply to an inquiry respecting the further history of this case. Prof. Poncet very kindly informed me that his patient was in excellent health fifteen months after the operation, with no sign of recurrence of the tumour. The publication of a more detailed account of this case is contemplated. Case 10 (Hutchinson, ‘ Med.-Chir. Trans.,’ vol. Ixviii, p. 311).—The patient was a man, set. 22. A swelling was first noticed on the left side of the tongue at the age of ten years. It continued to increase without causing inconve- nience, except from its size, until he was twenty-one. The tumour consisted of a large rounded mass, deeply embedded in the tongue, and wedged in between the sides of the lower jaw. The tip of the tongue was free, and could be moved on the surface of the tumour, but with this exception the whole of the organ was involved. The mucous membrane of the posterior two thirds of the tongue on the left side was covered with a coarse papillary growth, continuous with the substance of the tumour beneath, and not ulcerated. A year later the growth had increased considerably, and the inconvenience