Warthin's tumor historical perspective

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2]

Overview

Warthin's tumor was first discovered by Hildebrand, a German surgeon, in 1895.

Historical Perspective

• Warthin's tumor was first discovered by Hildebrand, in 1895 who consider it as a variant of epithelial cyst of the neck.
• In 1910, Albrecht and Artz reported two cases of tumors of salivary gland.
• It is named for pathologist Aldred Scott Warthin, who described two cases in 1929 as papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum.
• The term Warthin's tumor was given to avoid confusion.

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