TUMORS OF THE BONY CHEST WALL

Abstract

The first recorded thoracotomy for tumor was reported by Osias Aimar¹ in 1778. Von Speicher, ² in 1881, reported twenty-eight cases collected from the literature, but only a few of these had been treated surgically. Parham, ³ in 1898, reported two cases of his own in which successful operations had been performed, and 101 cases from the literature. This series included the smaller series previously reported by von Speicher, ² Quénu and Longuet, ⁴ and others. In 1913, Lund ⁵ added twenty-seven cases to the list, including one of his own. I have found thirty-five additional cases in the literature, and twenty-three in the records of the Mayo Clinic since 1910, making a total of 188. The case reports of Gross, ⁶ Stukkei, ⁷ Hervy, ⁸ Degorce, ⁹ Palleroni, ¹⁰ and Zschucke¹¹ were not available. For statistical purposes, twenty-five cases from the Mayo Clinic in which operations were