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J R Soc Med 2008;101:583-586
doi:10.1258/jrsm.2008.080221
© 2008 Royal Society of Medicine

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Jacques-Louis David’s tumour: an opportunity to study the natural history of a pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland

Humphrey Wine1   Michael Baum2

1 National Gallery, London, French 17th and 18th century
2 University College London – Division of Surgery 2 Cotman Close, London NW11 6PT, UK

Correspondence to: Michael Baum Michael{at}mbaum.freeserve.co.uk

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The great artist and one-time revolutionary, Jacques-Louis David died in 1825. The cause of his death has been open to speculation. An extraordinary sequence of portraits of the artist describes his transition from handsome middle age to a deformed old man. During this phase a swelling appears at the angle of his left jaw and over a period of 20 years a facial palsy can be diagnosed. We submit that this evidence suggests that malignant transformation of a pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland was the proximal cause of his death.


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