Document 7RZQ2BpEdG5z2JNGVwOrxn8O6

e? Tens muc ?. hociianm *11 ujnrrKV a. s. bust a mm ryssns^esis KssprrAt .pmez NJii, ci?ic:nna71, o c:::o wu. a r?!=-z j- a tm C, SJTTlSr.Ua STorcnher I, I9UU c & euonu. J. uou rector Lcro7 U. Gardner Director of Sarense laboratory Saranac Inks. For Tori Dear rector. Gardnor: igala, Z &a writing to 70a for ca opinion, this tins In regard to a enco thought to bo ono of csbcstocio. Sr. Pavlas Z conld greatly cpprsciato it if Tun uonld find tlno u tuvf^irtUb easo. The grocc findings aro. I bolievo. eonolotcst with published reporto. However. microscopically, naacrona eetivo and rogrosoivo tnbcreular losiona aro encountered in the lungs end tbo tracheo bronchial lyisph nodes end a zero tuborclo is found in the spleen* liror, syocardlun nsd tide07s. {he character and dlstrlbntlen ef these non-caceatias tnborelos is cuggoctivo of carcoidosis. let. in tho lung aobeetoo bodleo aro proooat uithin ooao of tho loclons. cad within forolga body giant colls. In addition, tharo aro areas ef linear flbrosio ulth intact aobootoo bodies* fhs psnelt7 ef aoboctoo bodies, as cospared ulth. coctlono ycu kindly seat to oe oovorcl yoarg ego. tho abocneo of a Bore-pipacuaced fibrocis in tho lungs, cad tho tubercular loclons in the lungs, nodes, cad esvoral of tho oracao. haro lod no to bollcro that tho looions ore mixed* bo lag ono predominantly of oarcoldooio. cad ainl&ally ono of oobostools. fhls le. to ny haoulodgo. tho first necropsy la vhieh aabeotoelo bodleo hauo boon demonstrated in oar sorloa or that of tho Cincinnati General Hospital. In Ties of this and. to ao* tho peculiarity of tho looions it would bo ertrcasl7 dsslzabls to havo your export opinion. Z aa sending under separato cover, stained end unstained slides. the necropsy report, cad clinical abstract. Tho limited occupational history is all wo ha*o at tho prsseat tlno. Tery truly yours plaintiffs EXHIBIT R. J. Mtterhoff, M. JJ. DIRSCtDR 0? LAS01UT0RIJ3 P\o-p