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ALVIN F. COBURN, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1933;45(5):933-972.

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I. CHARACTER OF TISSUE CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVITY OF THE RHEUMATIC PROCESS

In 1904 Aschoff¹ emphasized the association of the myocardial nodule with rheumatic fever. This marked the first recognition of histologic changes specific for rheumatic disease. During recent years the conception of the anatomic distribution of rheumatic lesions has been explained largely through the careful histologic studies of the pathologists. Vascular structures other than the cardiac muscle and valves have been found to be involved by the rheumatic process. Lesions specific in their histologic appearance have been described in the aorta by Klotz,² in the auricles by MacCallum,³ in the blood vessels, aorta and auricles by Pappenheimer and VonGlahn⁴ and in many other organs by Graff,⁵ Paul⁶ and Shaw.⁷ That these lesions are extremely widespread in rheumatic fever has been demonstrated by the recent observations of Klinge,⁸ who in detailed histologic . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW YORK

From the Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, and the Presbyterian Hospital.

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