title: Charles-Emile Troisier (1844-1919) and the clinical description of signal node.
abstract: Charles-Emile Troisier's research concerning the enlarged left supraclavicular lymph node and its connection not only with gastric carcinoma but also with several other abdominal malignancies contributed to the diagnosis of cancer during the last part of the 19th century. Troisier's name is connected along with that of his German colleague Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902) concerning the development of modern pathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of History of Medicine, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Marianna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karamanou
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Laios
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tsoucalas
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Machairas
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Androutsos
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*