A Brief History of Head and Neck Pathology | 合法醫療器材資訊網

由REFechner著作·2002·被引用9次—HyamswasappointedDirectorofOtolaryngicPathologyattheAFIP,and1974wasthepublicationdateof“TumorsoftheHeadandNeck”by ...

Publications on Head and Neck Pathology (HNP) began to appear sporadically two centuries ago, and with consistency in the early 1900s. Over a thousand references on head and neck tumors were listed in two papers in the 1930s; one citing 450 papers on the sinonasal region (1) and the other giving 600 references on salivary glands (2). Oral pathologists have contributed significantly to HNP. Their history is a major story in itself, and only a few persons can be acknowledged herein. This brief history of HNP is approached by looking at the chronology of a few selected and illustrative topics focusing on representative publications as well as institutions where pathologists specialized in HNP. The salivary glands are considered separately.

The earliest, albeit crude, laryngoscopes afforded the opportunity to remove tissue, and the first “polyp” is said to have been removed in 18...