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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] Nazia Fuad M.D.
Overview
Warthin's tumor was first discovered by Hildebrand, a German surgeon, in 1895. Warthin's tumor is named after the pathologist Aldred Scott Warthin, who described two cases in 1929 and named them as papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum.
Historical Perspective
- Warthin's tumor was first discovered by Hildebrand, in 1895 who consider it as a variant of epithelial cyst of the neck.[1]
- In 1910, Albrecht and Artz reported two cases of tumors of salivary gland,and reported this tumor as papillary cystadenoma.
- Warthin's tumor is named after the pathologist Aldred Scott Warthin, who described two cases in 1929 and named them as papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum.
- The term Warthin's tumor was given to it by Martin and Ehrlich in 1944.
References
- ↑ Rehani, Shweta (2014). "Warthin's Tumour: A Case Report and Review on Pathogenesis and its Histological Subtypes". JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH. doi:10.7860/JCDR/2014/8503.4908. ISSN 2249-782X.