Primary carcinoma of the liver: Report of a case and review of the literature

• 1.1. Primary carcinoma of the liver is comparatively rare.
• 2.2. There is very little written on this subject in the surgical literature.
• 3.3. An exhaustive review of the literature on the subject was made, and 1,125 cases were found to have been reported.
• 4.4. The pathology and the clinical course of the disease are discussed.
• 5.5. A plea for more surgical interference in primary carcinoma of the liver is made, through the medium of men in the past who are more qualified to speak on the subject.
• 6.6. A table is included containing a summary of fourteen cases that have been operated on for primary carcinoma of the liver.
• 7.7. An additional case of primary carcinoma of the liver complicated by miliary tuberculosis is reported.
• 8.8. References are included, comprising practically everything that has been written on the subject.