Warthin's tumor historical perspective
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2] Nazia Fuad M.D.
Overview
Overview
Warthin’s tumor was first discovered by Hildebrand, a German surgeon, in 1895. Warthin’s tumor is named after the pathologist Aldred Scott Warthin, who described two cases in 1929 and named them as papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum.
Historical Perspective
Historical Perspective
- Warthin’s tumor was first discovered by Hildebrand, in 1895 who consider it as a variant of epithelial cyst of the neck.[1]
- In 1910, Albrecht and Artz reported two cases of tumors of salivary gland,and reported this tumor as papillary cystadenoma.
- Warthin’s tumor is named after the pathologist Aldred Scott Warthin, who described two cases in 1929 and named them as papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum.
- The term Warthin’s tumor was given to it by Martin and Ehrlich in 1944.
References
References
- ↑ Rehani, Shweta (2014). “Warthin’s Tumour: A Case Report and Review on Pathogenesis and its Histological Subtypes”. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH. doi:10.7860/JCDR/2014/8503.4908. ISSN 2249-782X.
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