. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . Fig. 5. Immediately before Operation. Fig. 6. Specimen- of .\mputated Femlk. moved. It is possible but unlikely thatthere were malignant areas from the begin-ning which escaped detection. The ques-tion of the transformation of a benign intoa malignant tumor has long been an onco-logical battle-ground. We are of those whobelieve that such a change is possible butinfrequent, as is so well illustrated by thepigmented moles. Most of these are benignthroughout the life of the host, yet no onewill deny that they may becom
. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . Fig. 5. Immediately before Operation. Fig. 6. Specimen- of .\mputated Femlk. moved. It is possible but unlikely thatthere were malignant areas from the begin-ning which escaped detection. The ques-tion of the transformation of a benign intoa malignant tumor has long been an onco-logical battle-ground. We are of those whobelieve that such a change is possible butinfrequent, as is so well illustrated by thepigmented moles. Most of these are benignthroughout the life of the host, yet no onewill deny that they may become frightfullymalignant. The patient did well after the operation operative wound healed by granulation inabout six weeks. About the time thiswound healed the patient developed acough followed by a hemorrhage from thelungs. This cough began in March, andthe first hemorrhage occurred in May,1919. The patient had a second hemorrhagein July. At that time .r-ray examination ofthe chest was made and characteristicmetastases were shown in the right the middle of June, a
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