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Identifier: cyclopdiaofobs09gran (find matches)
Title: Cyclopædia of obstetrics and gynecology
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Grandin, Egbert H. (Egbert Henry), b. 1855, ed Bandl, Ludwig Billroth, Theodor, 1829-1894 Börner, Ernst, 1843-1914 Breisky, A Charpentier, Arthur Louis Alphonse, 1836-1899 Chrobak, Rudolf Gusserow, A Hegar, A. (Alfred), 1830-1914 Kaltenbach, Rudolph, 1842-1896 Müller, Peter, 1836-1922 Olshausen, Robert Michaelis von, 1836-1915 Winckel, F Zweifel, Paul
Subjects: Obstetrics Women Gynecology Obstetrics
Publisher: New York, W. Wood & Company
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
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the uterine cavity,by means of the artificial opening. The contents of these apparent cystsconsists partially of sanguinolent and partly of yellowish fluid material.The walls of the cysts have, in some parts, a smooth glittering appearance,but no genuine membranous lining! The microscopical examination ofthe fluid showed red and white blood corpuscles. No epithelium can befound in the cyst wall, whether the specimen be fresh or hardened.The entire tumor consisted, for the rest, of smooth muscular fibres. This case is well adapted to show the genetic relation between the twoforms of cysto-fibromata already described. The majority of the casesencountered in literature belong to the latter variety. It seems as though the processes of pregnancy and of the puerperalstate had some influence upon the production of this metamorphosis in CYSTO-FIBROMATA. 285 fibromyomata. This view is rendered more probable Vjy the case ofHecker tliaii by any other of tlie recorfled cases. These peculiar pro-
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FiG. 27.—Large Cysto-Fibroma op the Uterus, o. Vagina; b. Cervix ; c, Cavity of theUterus ; d, Walls of the Uterus with Cysts ; e, Points of Perforation. (Case of Spiegelberg.) cesses of infiltration have probably not been always distinguished fromgangrene. The following cases undoubtedly belong to the class now under dis-cussion^ and have been studied by myself in the original reports. Ki- Klinik der Geburtskunde. Leipzig, 1864, II., p. 126. 286 NEW GROWTHS OF THE UTERUS. wiscli/ Braun^ Chitiri and Sj^ath/ Spencer Wells/ C. Mayer/ Groethuypsen. Tanners case ® seems to have been possibly a cyst of tlie ligamen-tuni latum. Haker/ Schuli, Atlee, Peaslee.® Compare farther, thehistories of 0. Schroder/ of 0. Heer/ and of Pean, Urdy and Pozzi.Also compare Robert/ Bryant, Bixby,-Demarquay/and Isaac Brown.* Koeberle ^ expressed the opinion, as early as 1869, that a number ofthese cysto-fibromata owed their origin to dilatation of the lymphatics.Klebs ^ also called attention to the fact t

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