Adolf Gusserow

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Adolf Ludwig Sigismund Gusserow (July 8, 1836 - 1906) was a German gynecologist who was a native of Berlin. He began his career as a lecturer of gynecological diseases and obstetrics in Berlin, and subsequently practiced medicine in Utrecht, Zurich and Strasbourg. Later he returned to Berlin as director of the clinic of obstetrics and gynecology at the Berlin-Charité. Two of his better-known students and assistants were Alfred Dührssen (1862-1933) in Berlin, and Paul Zweifel (1848-1927) in Zurich.

In 1870 Gusserow was the first physician to describe a rare type of uterine cervical adenocarcinoma, which is sometimes referred to as "adenoma malignum" or as a mucinous type of "minimal deviation adenocarcinoma" (mucinous MDA), and is recognized by its "deceptively bland" histological appearance. Gusserow published his findings in a treatise titled Ueber Sarcoma des Uterus. His best known written work is Die Neubildungen des Uterus (The Neoplasms of the Uterus).

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• Cytologic and Cytochemical features of Adenoma Malignum of the Uterine Cervix
• A Short Biography of Adolf Gusserow