Chromophobe adenoma

A series of six ross drawings showing a chromophobe intrasellar adenoma at post mortem with temporal extension, displacement of the chiasma, and herniation of the left frontal lobe. Annotations on the back read "Mrs patient's surname 8.46. Chromophobe adenoma. Manchester University".

See alsp VFA.7.132 for another drawing relating to the same patient.

This drawing features in the publication J. Perry, 'Forty years of medical art a biography of Dorothy Davison', Medical and Biological Illustration, 1971, 21(1), pp.27-32, in which it is described as follows: "Dissection of an intra-sellar adenoma to show its ramifications and the extent of the damage caused by the pressure on the brain and the distortion of the nerves".

Signed by the author in the bottom right corner.

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Rough sketches created in the process of making this drawing can be found in the collection of Davison's working sketches, see DDS/3/18.