. Cyclopædia of obstetrics and gynecology. road ligament, and attached to the neck of the womb by aslender pedicle containing very large vessels. The whole lay freely movablewithout adhesions in the true pelvis.^ Mattel^ has described a similar case. The submucous myomata of the cervix seem to be somewhat more com-mon than the subserous, though but few cases of the kind are found in theliterature of the subject. They arise with a tolerably broad pedicle fromthe inner side of the cervical canal, and may, through their growth and Archiv. fiir G^naekologie, vol. V., p. 100.^Archives de Tocologie,
. Cyclopædia of obstetrics and gynecology. road ligament, and attached to the neck of the womb by aslender pedicle containing very large vessels. The whole lay freely movablewithout adhesions in the true pelvis.^ Mattel^ has described a similar case. The submucous myomata of the cervix seem to be somewhat more com-mon than the subserous, though but few cases of the kind are found in theliterature of the subject. They arise with a tolerably broad pedicle fromthe inner side of the cervical canal, and may, through their growth and Archiv. fiir G^naekologie, vol. V., p. 100.^Archives de Tocologie, vol. I., p. de Gyn^c, vol. VI. ANATOMY OF MY0-FIJ5K0A[ATA. 183 their weight, drag the uterus or the cervix far down, even outside of theGxterual genitals. In this way a very peculiar condition of the parts maybe produced, the recognition of which during life is often difficult; and thelarger the tumor, the greater the difficulty of diagnosis. The lips haveso entirely disappeared and the os is so far displaced upwards, that in. Fig 12.—Subserous Myoma op the Cervix Uteri, a. Fundus Uteri with a large Myoma. &,Internal os. c, External os. d. Subserous Myoma, e, Polypus. /, Vagina. (From the ObstetricalCollection at Strasburg.) most cases the observers for a long time thought they had to do with aninversion of the womb. Since the pediculated submucous fibromata ofthis variety very readily sink downwards they are often mistaken for pro-lapsus uteri; they may indeed produce this condition, which often dis-appears again upon the removal of the tumor. Characteristic cases ofthis kind are described by Peter Miiller.^ He found a smooth doughy Scanzonis Beitrage, vol. VI., p. Go. 184 NEW GROWTHS OF THE UTERUS. feeling tumor, the size of a cliilds liead, lying outside of the vagina;from this a slender pedicle passed into the vagina where it widenedout into a thicker, conical, fleshy mass which seemed to go directly intothe vaginal wall at the fundus. More careful examinati
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