Syphilis - a treatise on etiology, pathology, diagnosis, prognosis, prophylaxis, and treatment (1921) (14792921363)
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Identifier: syphilistreatise00haze (find matches)
Title: Syphilis : a treatise on etiology, pathology, diagnosis, prognosis, prophylaxis, and treatment
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Hazen, H. H. (Henry Honeyman), b. 1879
Subjects: Syphilis Syphilis
Publisher: St. Louis : C.V. Mosby Co.
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School
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Fig. 158.—Ivarge, ulcerated gumma, involving pyloric fourth of stomach, with partial ob-struction. Patient, female, aged 52. (Collection of Dr. Frank Smithies.) 532 SYPHILIS casts no shadow so need not be considered. Many syphilitic ul-cers can not be distinguished from peptic ulcers, but in a fairnumber of instances one of the following findings will make theoperator suspicious; multiplicity of ulcers, or absence of a niche,
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Fig. 159.—Ivarge gummous ulcerated infilti-ation of entire stomach wall with exten-s.ve tumor formation at the antrum and with stenosis. Patient, male, aged fifty-nine.(Collection of Dr. Frank Smithies.) accessory pocket or typical incisura. However, Ave should cautionagainst making a positive diagnosis on the x-ray findings alone;they are simply valuable confirmatory signs. Tumors are hardly DIAGNOSIS 533 characteristic except in one particular: it is unusual for a pa-tient with a large cancer to be in as good physical condition asare the majority of patients with hypertrophic luetic lesions.Ditfuse syphilitic infiltration can not be distinguished from adiffuse fibrosis due to other causes.