. Tumours, innocent and malignant; their clinical characters and appropriate treatment. Fig. 12.—MultiiDle diondromas. (The lad was stunted from rickets.) the skull, and almost reached the roof of the disruptive effects upon the facial bones were very extra-ordinary. In spite of this, the patients health was butlittle disturbed; she had no loss of intellect, and, it isbelieved, no paralysis. The course of the disease from itsorigin till the patient died was about six years. Although a chondroma invading the skull may require(as in the example just described) years to kill a patient
. Tumours, innocent and malignant; their clinical characters and appropriate treatment. Fig. 12.—MultiiDle diondromas. (The lad was stunted from rickets.) the skull, and almost reached the roof of the disruptive effects upon the facial bones were very extra-ordinary. In spite of this, the patients health was butlittle disturbed; she had no loss of intellect, and, it isbelieved, no paralysis. The course of the disease from itsorigin till the patient died was about six years. Although a chondroma invading the skull may require(as in the example just described) years to kill a patient 28 CONNECTIVE- TI88 UE TUMOUBS there is a situation in which in certain circumstances itwill cause great distress and death—namely, in the effects which such tumours produce on the pelvicviscera are in some cases very remarkable. The specimenrepresented in section in Fig. 13 was obtained from awoman 21 years of age who, with a large chondroma inher pelvis, became pregnant. Delivery by natural means. Fig. 13.—Pelvis occupied by a large, partially ossified chondroma, shown in sagittalsection : from a woman 21 years of age who died from hysterectomy performedfor obstructed labour at term. (Museum of University College, Zondon.) being impossible, hysterectomy was performed; but thepatient died. Apart from obstructing labour, the tumourhad pressed on. the ureters and produced dilatation of bothof them and sacculation of the kidneys. This unfortunatewoman was known to have a tumour in her pelvis sevenyears previously to her tragic death. Pathological cartilage occurs in spindle-celled sarcomas(p. 55); also in tumours of the salivary glands, especially theparotid. Cartilage-containing tumours grow in the lachrymal CHONDROMAS 29 gland, in tendon sheaths (Walker), in the testis, and inthe breast. 2. Ecchondroses.—These may be defined as small localovergrowths of cartilage. They are best studied along theedges of articular cartilages, the laryngeal cartilages, andthe
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