. Clinical gyncology, medical and surgical. El-* WJ&? V •. fee; ^jm Adenoma. (Orth.) fibroma. There are probably tumors belonging to both of these classes,but the weight of evidence seems to be that they should be considered asmixed types, and perhaps the best designation for them is adeno-fibroma. Orth, in speaking of such tumors, says that connective-tissue tumorsmay develop from the adventitia of the milk-ducts or from the surrounding DISEASES OF THE FEMALE BREAST. 937 connective tissue, or there may be combinations of tbese forms, accompaniedalso with increase of gland-substance. Pure aden
. Clinical gyncology, medical and surgical. El-* WJ&? V •. fee; ^jm Adenoma. (Orth.) fibroma. There are probably tumors belonging to both of these classes,but the weight of evidence seems to be that they should be considered asmixed types, and perhaps the best designation for them is adeno-fibroma. Orth, in speaking of such tumors, says that connective-tissue tumorsmay develop from the adventitia of the milk-ducts or from the surrounding DISEASES OF THE FEMALE BREAST. 937 connective tissue, or there may be combinations of tbese forms, accompaniedalso with increase of gland-substance. Pure adenomata are rare; mixedtumors are most common as adeno-fibroma, adeno-myxoma, adeno-sarcoma,etc. Gross (op. cit.) says that, when typical, the new acini preserve theirnatural form, size, and central lumen, containing a relatively small amountof connective tissue. There is a marked tendency for them to becomecystic. He further says that adenoma is more rare than any other growthexcept myxoma, since he found only two among six hundred and forty-nine cases of
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