. Clinical gyncology, medical and surgical. situated aboutan inch to an inch and a half above the anus, rarely higher, though occa-sionally they are found as high as six inches. Their most common seat isthe posterior wall of the gut. The pedicle may be round or flattened ; it islarge and short in the fibrous varieties, long and slender in the soft the repeated passage of faecal matter over the tumor the pediclestretches and becomes so elongated that it may tear during defecation. Such a growth may exist for a long time without causing any suspicionof its presence. The patient may be
. Clinical gyncology, medical and surgical. situated aboutan inch to an inch and a half above the anus, rarely higher, though occa-sionally they are found as high as six inches. Their most common seat isthe posterior wall of the gut. The pedicle may be round or flattened ; it islarge and short in the fibrous varieties, long and slender in the soft the repeated passage of faecal matter over the tumor the pediclestretches and becomes so elongated that it may tear during defecation. Such a growth may exist for a long time without causing any suspicionof its presence. The patient may be aware of its existence only when atumor appears at the anus. It may produce a series of phenomena, as severepain during defecation, tenesmus, twitching, and a s?nsation of burning of 900 DISEASES OF THE RECTUM AND ANUS. the anus radiating through the entire pelvis. Besides such phenomena,there is a discharge of glairy mucus or blood. The general health remainsgood, unless the hemorrhage is so great that anaemia is induced; in such Fig. Fig. 16.
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