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AN ANATOMIC STUDY, WITH NOTES ON THE ETIOLOGIC RÔLE PLAYED BY DYSTOPIA OF PANCREATIC TISSUE

BAYARD T. HORTON, M.D.; SELMA C. MUELLER, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1933;26(6):1010-1034.

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Among the historic considerations that we have reviewed on diverticulum of the duodenum, Chomel,¹ in 1710, is credited with having first described the condition. It is believed by most writers, however, that Chomel's case was probably one of dilatation of the ampulla of Vater which contained twenty-two stones. Case,² in 1913, first diagnosed diverticula of the duodenum roentgenologically. Forssell and Key,³ in 1915, diagnosed a case in which the diverticulum was the first to be removed surgically. Linsmayer,⁴ in 1919, reviewed the subject from an anatomic standpoint, as did Odgers,⁵ Grant,⁶ Herbst,⁷ Nagel⁸ and others, and Spriggs and Marxer,⁹ in 1925, gave an excellent summary from a roentgenologic point of view.

In recent years frequent references have been made to the symptoms and complications which may be caused by duodenal diverticula. This is probably due to the increased significance ascribed to . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Fellow in Medicine, Mayo Foundation ROCHESTER, MINN.

From the Division of Medicine, the Mayo Clinic. The work was done in the Section on Pathologic Anatomy.

Footnotes
Abridgment of thesis submitted by Dr. Mueller to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Medicine, October, 1931.

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