Fibroids and allied tumours (myoma and adenomyoma) : their pathology, clinical features and surgical treatment . Fig. 56.—Showing a soft interstitial myoma oi the posterior uterine wall. The growthis undergoing multiple cystic change as a result of trabecular hyaline degeneration. shown in Figure 41, page 41. It will be seen that three-fourths of the growth have become cystic, whilst the softremainder retains the characteristics of hyaline tissue. Thefine trabecular arrangement is well seen. On cutting thetumour in half, the cysts collapsed, owing to the escape oftheir thin blood-stained conte
Fibroids and allied tumours (myoma and adenomyoma) : their pathology, clinical features and surgical treatment . Fig. 56.—Showing a soft interstitial myoma oi the posterior uterine wall. The growthis undergoing multiple cystic change as a result of trabecular hyaline degeneration. shown in Figure 41, page 41. It will be seen that three-fourths of the growth have become cystic, whilst the softremainder retains the characteristics of hyaline tissue. Thefine trabecular arrangement is well seen. On cutting thetumour in half, the cysts collapsed, owing to the escape oftheir thin blood-stained contents. This caused the cut Plate XI. Figure 58. Showing an intraligamentary soft myoma, three-fourths of which havebecome cystic. The microscopic section of the solid one-fourth is seen inFigure ^9. There is no doubt that in process of time the intracystic trabeculaewould have been absorbed, and the result would have been a single large cystwith ragged walls. To FACE PAGE 50 IV CYSTIC DEGENERATION 51 surface to become deeply concave, so that the centre of thegrowth subsided for nearly one inch below^ the peripheral
Size: 1318px × 1896px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectgynecologyoperative
