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Title: The diagnosis of diseases of women
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Findley Palmer. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Philadelphia and New York, Lea brothers & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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g-likeprocesses with numerous offshoots. In late and far-advanced casesthe growth presents the appearance of brain tissue. The entireuterine cavity may be filled with the cancerous growth. The mus-culature of the uterus is very slowly invaded, and it is for thisreason that cancer of the body of the uterus is regarded asrelatively benign. On cross-section the invading carcinomatous tissue, with its pale,homogeneous and glistening appearance, is in contrast to the mus-culature. The advancing border is irregular. When the serouscovering of the uterus is invaded small grayish-yellow nodules areseen beneath the serosa. The growth is usually late in sloughing. Extension from the body of the uterus is extremely slow. Theinternal os is rarely trespassed; the broad ligaments are not infil-trated until late. The peritoneum may be directly invaded, butthis is late, if at all. The bladder, rectum, tubes, and ovaries com-monly escape invasion. Metastasis to distant parts of the body is PLATE XLVI.
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Carcinoma of the Body of the Uterus. The cavity of the uterus is filled, with a brain-like mass—soft, friable, andbleeding. The growth does not extend into the cervix or deep into themusculature. DIAGNOSIS OF CARCINOMA OF THE UTERUS 347 late, and may never occur. Kroemer believes we find metastasismore common in carcinoma of the uterine body than of any otherpart of the uterus. As to the frequency of carcinoma of the body of the uterus,Schatz says that it occurs in 2.5 per cent., while Schauta says in13,8 per cent., of all carcinomata of the uterus. CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS OF CARCINOMA OF THE UTERUS. A work of this character could do no greater service than to em-phasize the importance of an early diagnosis in carcinoma of theuterus and to point out the methods of making such a diagnosis. No departure from the normal menstrual flow should he regardedas trivial in advanced years of life. We are not to he content withthe supposition that it is a phenomenon of the change of life—toomany l

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