TY  - JOUR
T1  - ADenocarcinomatosis in a girl aged six years
AU  - LYON GM, KLUMPP JS, FERGUSON JW
Y1  - 1929/01/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpedi.1929.01930010143010
JO  - American Journal of Diseases of Children
SP  - 134
EP  - 137
VL  - 37
IS  - 1
N2  - We feel justified in reporting this case because of the rarity of the condition in patients of this age. The case brings out the value of the intradermal tuberculin test (0.1 or 1 mg.) in differentiating between a tuberculous and a nontuberculous condition. The presence of mitotic figures in the cells of the punctate was suggestive of a malignant condition rather than of a tuberculous process.A review of the literature has not been attempted in this report.REPORT OF CASE 
    History.—L. B., a white girl, aged 6 years, was first seen in consultation on May 6, 1925. Her chief complaint was an enlarged abdomen and increasing weakness. There had not been a similar condition in the family, nor had there been any tuberculosis or cancer.The patient had been a child somewhat below average health and sturdiness until the present illness had begun. She had had measles at
SN  - 0096-8994
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1929.01930010143010
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1929.01930010143010
ER  -