. A treatise on obstetrics for students and practitioners . *%£ Ectopic Gestation. (Zweifel ) Figures 1, 2, 3, uterine decidua as expelled from uterus. Figure 4, characteristic decidual cells. X PJH<. > O o EXTRA UTERINE PREGNANCY. 379 and bladder must be thoroughly emptied before such an examination.(Plate XIII.) The history of a case of extrauterine pregnancy is characteristic andsignificant. As the ovum continues to grow, usually within the Fallo-pian tube, the patient complains of intermittent paiu upon one side ofthe pelvis. This pain is cramp-like in character, and may becomesevere
. A treatise on obstetrics for students and practitioners . *%£ Ectopic Gestation. (Zweifel ) Figures 1, 2, 3, uterine decidua as expelled from uterus. Figure 4, characteristic decidual cells. X PJH<. > O o EXTRA UTERINE PREGNANCY. 379 and bladder must be thoroughly emptied before such an examination.(Plate XIII.) The history of a case of extrauterine pregnancy is characteristic andsignificant. As the ovum continues to grow, usually within the Fallo-pian tube, the patient complains of intermittent paiu upon one side ofthe pelvis. This pain is cramp-like in character, and may becomesevere. At irregular intervals it is followed by the discharge fromthe uterus of shreds of membrane, sometimes accompanied by bloodand mucus. If this membrane be subjected to microscopic examina-tion, decidual cells will be found, less large and perfectly developedthan in cases of intrauterine or normal pregnancy. (Plate XIV.) As the growth of the ovum proceeds, there comes a time when thetissues surrounding the ovum can no longer contain it, and when rup-ture of this envelope occurs. This is accompanied by sudden andsevere pain, with shock and often with hemorrhage from the pulse is rapid a
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