Grand in-octavo broché sous couverture marbrée azurée, 71 pages et deux planches hors-texte Pierre Masson (1880-1959), après avoir exercé dans les hôpitaux de Paris et à l'Institut Pasteur, devint professeur d'anatomie pathologique à la Faculté de médecine de Strasbourg, puis accepta en 1926 la chaire d'anatomie pathologique de l'Université de Montréal, ville dans laquelle il créa et dirigea l'Institut d'anatomie pathologique. En 1997, Pierre Masson fut intronisé au Temple de la renommée médicale canadienne. REFERENCES : Sangüeza OP & Requena L: Pathology of Vascular Skin Lesions: Clinicopathologic Correlations, p. 110: "In 1923, Masson described IPEH as a process in hemorrhoid veins using the term 'hémangioendothéliome végétant intravasculaire'."; Patterson JW & ?Wick MR: Neoplastic Mimics in Dermatopathology, p. 63: "In 1923, Masson described a peculiar secondary proliferative change in the lumina of hemorrhoids, which mimicked the histopathologic appearance of angiosarcoma. Although Masson originally called the proliferation in question 'intravascular vegetant hemangioendothelioma' the currently preferred designation is 'intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia' (IPEH) or, more simply, 'Masson's lesion'."; Dhom G : Geschichte der histopathologie, pp. 50-54; Moore S et al.: The career and influence of Pierre Masson (1880-1959), Int J Surg Pathol., 2001, 9(3), 231-236: "Pierre Masson was one of the towering figures of Pathology in the 20th century, in particular in the field of histopathology of the human tumors. These innovative techniques, applied with exacting detail, combined with his talent for observation and his scientific perspicacity, produced remarkable results"; Hajdu SI & Darvishian F : Landmarks in history of cancer, part 5, Cancer, 2013, 119 (8), 1450?1466: ; Steffen C: C.L. Masson: The man behind the eponym, Am J dermatopathol, 2003, 25(1), 71-76.
