Enucleation (z8281)
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Enucleation is a surgical operation for the complete removal of spherical tumors, organs such as the eyeball, or cell nuclei in histology. The procedure can also be combined with the partial removal of surrounding tissue, as seen in certain nodular goiter surgeries.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
ENUCLEATION (syn. shelling out), a surgical operation consisting of the complete removal of various spherical tumors (e.g., atheroma, dermoid cyst, adenomatous node-goiter from the thyroid gland, etc.), or the eye (enucleation of the eyeball). Sometimes this operation is combined with the partial removal of tissue surrounding the tumor (for example, enucleation-resection during nodular goiter operations). In histology, enucleation is the removal of the cell nucleus.
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“Enucleation (z8281).” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/enucleation-2/