Fritz Brenner (16 December 1877, in Osthofen – 26 December 1969, in

Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu language, Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a Megacity#List of megacities, megacity, and is List of urban areas by p ...

) was a German physician and

pathologist Pathology is the study of the causes and effects of disease or injury. The word ''pathology'' also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices. However, when used in t ...

. He studied medicine at the universities of Strasbourg,

Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 230,000 (as o ...

and

Heidelberg Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is a city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914 ...

, receiving his doctorate at the latter institution in 1904. Following graduation, he worked as an assistant under Eugen Albrecht at the

Senckenberg Institute of Pathology The Senckenberg Institute of Pathology (german: Dr. Senckenbergisches Institut für Pathologie or ''Senckenbergisches Pathologisches Institut''), formerly known as the Institute of Anatomical Pathology of the Senckenberg Foundation, is a pathologi ...

Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian dialects, Hessian: , "Franks, Frank ford (crossing), ford on the Main (river), Main"), is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as o ...

. In 1910 he relocated to

German South-West Africa German South West Africa (german: Deutsch-Südwestafrika) was a colony of the German Empire from 1884 until 1915, though Germany did not officially recognise its loss of this territory until the 1919 Treaty of Versailles. With a total area of ...

, where he worked as a doctor at the seaport of

Swakopmund Swakopmund (german: Mouth of the Swakop) is a city on the coast of western Namibia, west of the Namibian capital Windhoek via the B2 main road. It is the capital of the Erongo administrative district. The town has 44,725 inhabitants and cover ...

. Later on, he was a physician in

Windhoek Windhoek (, , ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre. The population of Windhoek in 20 ...

(from 1922) and Johannesburg (from 1935). January/February 2007 - Volume 13 - Issue 1 > Powell's Pearls: Fritz Brenner, MD (1877–1969)
Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery In 1907 he described a unique ovarian tumour in an article titled ''Das Oophoroma folliculare'', published in the journal ''Frankfurter Zeitschrift für Pathologie''. In 1932 Berlin pathologist Robert Meyer (1864–1947) coined the term "

Brenner tumour Brenner tumors are an uncommon subtype of the surface epithelial-stromal tumor group of ovarian neoplasms. The majority are benign, but some can be malignant. They are most frequently found incidentally on pelvic examination A pelvic examinati ...

" in honor of his findings. Incredibly, it wasn't until the 1950s that Brenner became aware of the honor.Brenner's tumour
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brenner, Fritz 1877 births 1969 deaths People from Osthofen University of Freiburg alumni University of Strasbourg alumni Heidelberg University alumni 20th-century German physicians German pathologists German expatriates in South Africa