Descriptive catalogue of the specimens illustrating medical pathology, in the Museum of University College, London / Charles Stonham.

  • Stonham, Charles, 1858-1916.
Date:
1890
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Credit: Descriptive catalogue of the specimens illustrating medical pathology, in the Museum of University College, London / Charles Stonham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    lost, but the disseminated nature of the affection indicates that it was probably secondaiy in character. 2257 3507. A sarcoma of 1 lie dura mator spriuf^ing from tlie falx cerebri near its anterior end. The growth projects on either -side, but principally to the left. The walls of the superior longitudinal sinus are much thickened and implicated by the tumour, the lumen having been obliterated. The outer surface of the dura mater is roughened. The tumour is globular and lobulated, but the surface is almost quite smooth, being enclosed by a distinct fibrous capsule. The substance of the growth is uniformly pulpy in consistence and of a dark brown colour. 435 Microscopic examination proves the growth lo be a round-celled sarcoma. 3508. Part of the dura mater, the seat of a sarcomatous tumour. A large mass projects from the outer surface immediately to the right of the superior longi- tudinal sinus. Its surface is rough and here and there are spiculte of bone. 1'he cut surface is homogeneous in appearance. The smaller mass is only part of a tumour. The longitudinal sinus is apparently unaltered by the presence of the growth. The inner surface of the membrane, from which the falx is seen projecting, is everywhere smooth, glistening, and normal in appearance. Prom the same case as the next specimen. 5456 3509. Portions of a parietal bone affected by sarcoma. The new growth projects on each surface of the bone. On the inner it is very ragged in appearance, perhaps due to its having been torn in removing the skull-cap. The bone aroimd is porous and sponge-Hke. Externally the periosteum, raised by the tumour, is still intact. The same surface of the bone shows both inner and outer tables to have been diminished in thickness by rarefaction, the cancellous tissue being proportionately thicker. The spaces of the cancellous bone are filled with whitish material of exactly the same appearance as the tumour-substance. From the same case as the preceding specimen. 5455 3510. A portion of the vault of the skull showing a tumour forming between it and the dura mater. The growth is lobulated and diffused, eroding the inner surface of the bone; the outer surface has a roughened appearance from the presence of small deposits of new growth. The inner surface of the dura mater is perfectly smooth, glistening and healthy in appearance. Microscopic examination shows the growth to be a round-celled sarcoma. 124 History.—The specimen with numerous others was removed from a child, who at birth had a small tumour on the forehead. This was removed when the child was two years old; the wound did not completely heal till three months later. In a short time recurrence occurred at the seat of the original growth and also in the knee, groin, and on the side of the chest. These tumours grew rapidly, cansing much deformity. Tlie shape of the head was almost unrecognizable from the presence of the growths, which attained a very large size. The child was cheerful and apparently contented till within a few days of its death. 3511. A photograph of a brain showing a sarcoma in the temporo-sphenoidaJ lobe on the right side. 3512. A transverse section of the hemisphere from the same case, showing the infiltration of the white substance by the sarcoma, into the substance of which small extravasations have occurred. 3513. Three photo-mici'ographs of the preceding case. 3514. The right half of the cerebrum. On tlie under surface thei'e is a large tumour involving the M'hole anterior part of the tempore-sphenoidal lobe, the posterior part of the island of Reil, and the optic thalamus. The growth is not distinctly circumscribed, having no capsule, but infiltrates the parts in which it grows. The lateral ventricle has been considerably encroached upon by the optic thalamus, which is much enlarged by the growth of the tumour. On the median surface of