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Actions	Adrenal gland showing tuberculosis Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberGC.8681 TitleAdrenal gland showing tuberculosis DescriptionAdrenal gland showing tuberculosis The preparation is a right adrenal gland, laid open longitudinally From a male aged 45 years the subject of progressive debility during two years. A patch of lupus had been present on the forehead during three months and tuberculous abscesses of the right cervical lymph nodes during a month. He was thin and on exertion faint and dizzy. Temporary improvement followed aspiration of cervical abscesses three weeks before death There was no pigmentation of the skin. On post mortem examination old tuberculosis was found at the apex of each lung and there were a few calcareous lymph nodes. The heart was snail and the vessels thin. Tuberculous affection of the suprarenal glands was bilateral (17.d.2. ) and the other organs appeared healthy. The gland (R) enlarged and its surface is nodular. The medulla, and to a considerable extent the cortex of the gland, are replaced by tuberculous nodules with caseating centres. Production date 1931 Object nameADRENAL GLAND Object categoryAnatomical, specimen

Object numberGC.8681

TitleAdrenal gland showing tuberculosis

DescriptionAdrenal gland showing tuberculosis The preparation is a right adrenal gland, laid open longitudinally From a male aged 45 years the subject of progressive debility during two years. A patch of lupus had been present on the forehead during three months and tuberculous abscesses of the right cervical lymph nodes during a month. He was thin and on exertion faint and dizzy. Temporary improvement followed aspiration of cervical abscesses three weeks before death There was no pigmentation of the skin. On post mortem examination old tuberculosis was found at the apex of each lung and there were a few calcareous lymph nodes. The heart was snail and the vessels thin. Tuberculous affection of the suprarenal glands was bilateral (17.d.2. ) and the other organs appeared healthy. The gland (R) enlarged and its surface is nodular. The medulla, and to a considerable extent the cortex of the gland, are replaced by tuberculous nodules with caseating centres.

Production date 1931

Object nameADRENAL GLAND

Object categoryAnatomical, specimen

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