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Barnard's carcinoma (William George Barnard)
Synonyms:
Oat cell carcinoma.
Associated persons:
William George Barnard
Description:
A metastatic tumour that usually forms a large mass which replaces the lymph nodes of the mediastinum and infiltrates the pericardium, while a relatively small mass occupies the hilum of the lung and involves a bronchus. Histologically, the tumour consists of small oval cells with scanty cytoplasm, which have been likened to oat grains.
Bibliography:
- W. G. Barnard:
The nature of the “oat-celled sarcoma” of the mediastinum.
Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology, London, 1926, 29: 241-244.
Barnard showed “oat-celled sarcoma” to be primary carcinoma of the lung.
- Stanley Jablonski:
Jablonski’s Dictionary of Syndromes & Eponymic diseases.
Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida, 1991.
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