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A Clinicopathologic Study of Two Cases with Necropsy

W. K. JENNINGS, M.D.; WILLIAM O. RUSSELL, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1948;56(2):186-198.

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THE REPORTS of Whipple,¹ Brunschwig² and Waugh and others³ concerning successful surgical extirpation of the pancreas have served to modify the heretofore hopeless attitude of the medical profession regarding malignant tumors of this organ. Furthermore, these accomplishments have stimulated interest in the early diagnosis of carcinoma of the pancreas, particularly in cases in which jaundice plays an inconspicuous part. Several investigators in the field of pancreatic disease have called attention to pain as one of the earliest and most reliable symptoms in cases of carcinoma of the body and tail. Ransom⁴ studied 16 such cases and found epigastric pain to be the predominant symptom. He described the following three types of pain as typical of the disease: (1) a dull aching pain which often is referred to the back, (2) paroxysmal attacks of pain at the umbilical level, also referred to the back and (3) pain . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
SANTA BARBARA, CALIF.

From the Division of Surgery and the Division of Pathology of the Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital and the Department of Pathology of the University of Southern California Medical School.

Footnotes
Read at the fourth annual meeting of the Central Surgical Association, Chicago, Feb. 22, 1947.

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