. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . Fig. 5. Six inches of the fifth, sixth and seventh ri1)S was resected and siKer nitrate applied to pleural surfaces, so as to secure adhesion. and agreed that surgery was imperatixe. Heoperated on the case on October 15, 1920,first resecting about 6 inches of the fifth,sixth, and seventh ribs overlying thetumor and leaving the entire wound ex-posed and the skin flap rolled up for threedavs (Fig. 5). In order to obtain an ad-hesion between the pleura and the tumor,silver nitrate was applied to the entire areaand surr
. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . Fig. 5. Six inches of the fifth, sixth and seventh ri1)S was resected and siKer nitrate applied to pleural surfaces, so as to secure adhesion. and agreed that surgery was imperatixe. Heoperated on the case on October 15, 1920,first resecting about 6 inches of the fifth,sixth, and seventh ribs overlying thetumor and leaving the entire wound ex-posed and the skin flap rolled up for threedavs (Fig. 5). In order to obtain an ad-hesion between the pleura and the tumor,silver nitrate was applied to the entire areaand surrounded with vaseline gauze. At theend of the third day, the operation was con-tinued and a purse-string suture was placed. in the tumor mass to prevent opening the growth, a mass of semi-solidconsistency resembling a myeloid tumor orsoft sarcoma was revealed. The entire sacwas evacuated, the contents weighing about800 gm. (). Pathological —Specimensof the tumor were sent to Dr. A. , Dr. Ludwig Hektoen and Carpenter McCarthy. All reporteda diagnosis of spindle cell sarcoma. The tumor cavit\- (Fig. 7) was found
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