Object numberGC.5140
DescriptionPortions of three left ribs showing a sarcoma.
From a male miner aged 25 in "whom two years previously a blow on the left chest produced a temporary swelling and three weeks ago an alleged knock on the same spot caused a recrudescence of the swelling with such pain as incapacitated him for work. There was a firm oval swelling some 75 nun. in the long axis of the left eighth rib in the line of the nipple. Through an oval incision the tumour with portions of the seventh, eighth and ninth ribs and of the parietal pleura was excised and the diaphragm stitched to the chest wall to close the gap. After two or three days' dyspnoea his convalescence was uninterrupted. Two and a half years later he developed girdle pains, a tumour formed and ulcerated posteriorly, paraplegia followed and he died thirty four months after the operation.
Description of Specimen:
The middle rib is to a large extent replaced by a globular tumour much more prominent superficially than deeply where fibrinous adhesions indicate a recent pleurisy. The tumour has a thin capsule, is grey in colour and except where it has broken down from necrosis is homogeneous. Microscopic examination shows the structure of a round-cell sarcoma.
Object nameBONE, ribs
Object categoryAnatomical, specimen
Dimensions
- Jar Height: 11 cm
Width: 16 cm
Depth: 6 cm