Encephaloid tumour of the antrum - UCD Digital Library

Encephaloid tumour of the antrum

Abstract: Watercolour medical illustration depicting encephaloid tumour of the nasal antrum. It has the alternative reference number 1396, 215 and P9 on the front. The Richmond Hospital Museum reference is C.a.48. The typescript note on the back begins 'Encephaloid Tumour of the Antrum'. —

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Resource description

Origin information
Dublin, Ireland
Date created:
Type of Resource
still image
text
Physical description
1 art original : col.
60 x 47 cm
Scope and content
The full typescript note on the back reads 'Encephaloid Tumour of the Antrum – Dr Fyffe exhibited the recent parts in this case, which was that of a soldier, about twenty-three years of age, who had been a glass-blower before entering the services. He was admitted to the General Hospital in the Phoenix Park on the 1st of November, 1852. He stated that, about three months previously, he had been attacked with catarrh, after recovering from which he began to experience a dull, deep-seated pain in the right side of his face, followed soon afterwards by the appearance of a small tumour in the nose. This rapidly increased in size, filling up the right nostril, by its pressure obliterating the left, and passing outwards upon the external surface of the superior maxillary bone. About two months after its commencement it began to protrude from the mouth; and when the patient was admitted, the tumour had attained an enormous size; it occupied the entire of the right side of the face, and extended from the eyebrow to below the jaw. After his admission it continued to increase, and haemorrhage took place from it every second or third day, up to the period of his death, the quantity of blood lost on each occasion varying from eight to twenty ounces; that portion of the tumour exposed to the air became sloughy, and during the periods of exemption from haemorrhage, a thin ichorous discharge poured from its surface. During the last few weeks of the patient's life, he complained a good deal of pain in the tumour, and suffered much more from the difficulty of taking his food, the mouth being nearly filled by the morbid growth. He rapidly sank, and died on the 30th December, worn out by hectic and repeated haemorrhage. Upon examination after death, the tumour was found to have filled the mouth, nose, antrum and orbit; above it extended across to the left side, and has destroyed the ethmoid bone, and absorbed the roof of each orbit; it was here covered by the dura mater. There was no trace of malignant disease in any other part of the body. – January 8, 1853'.
Numbering/sequence
Original reference number: 1396.
Languages
English  
Genre
Watercolors   linked data (gmgpc)   Medical illustrations   linked data (gmgpc)
Subject
Nose Neoplasms
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.ucdlib_280508
Location
University College Dublin. UCD Archives . P263/508
Suggested credit
"Encephaloid tumour of the antrum," held by UCD Archives. © Public domain. Digital content by University College Dublin, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://digital.ucd.ie/view/ucdlib:280508>
Record source
Descriptions created by staff of UCD Library, University College Dublin based on a finding aid and databases provided by UCD Archives. — Metadata creation date: 2022-06-02

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