OBSERVATIONS ON TWENTY-THREE CASES OF CARCINOMA OF THE BLADDER TREATED BY RADIUM

Abstract

TEDl. rTos wlhetlher these niecrotic foci are really due to a mixed in- fecotion withl the tubercle bacillus, or whether there is in lynsj)hadenoma a type of " caseation " similar in certain aspects bu-t differing in others.This latter view is of iml)ortance since, if this is so, the anialogy with other in- fective granulonata like syphilis, tubercle, and actino- mycosis becomes, more str ikiing, for ini all these conditions we have alteration of the normal structures by endothelial and lymphoid tissuie with the presence of giant cells, followed later on by " caseatioI " and by sclerosis.The followinig case of coexistent Hodgkin's disease and tuber culosis is of intelrest since these necrotic foci were presenit in the glanids.A man, aged 30, was admitted under the care of one of us ii4 the General Hospital, Madras, on August 28th, 1927, with a history of enlargement of the glands in the neck, pectoral region, and axilla of five months' duration.He was sent to the surgical