SYPHILIS OF THE STOMACH
- 1 November 1928
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1908)
- Vol. 42 (5) , 718-734
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1928.00130220109004
Abstract
Some time ago (1925), one of us (F. D.) resected the distal one third of a stomach which was thought to be the seat of a carcinoma. From the gross and microscopic appearances of the specimen, together with the clinical history, we considered the changes to be syphilitic. In the sections examined, we failed, however, to demonstrate the presence of eitherSpirochaeta pallidaor the classic gumma (the term "classic gumma" will be defined later). Two experienced pathologists who were consulted at the time did not consider sufficient evidence of syphilis to be present to justify an anatomic diagnosis of syphilitic gastritis. We entertained no doubt as to the correctness of their opinion and discarded our original conclusions without hesitation. More recently one of us (H. A. S.) has had the opportunity of studying three similar specimens. Two were resected by Dr. K. A. Meyer at the Cook County HospitalThis publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: