Pathology and treatment of diseases of women . es an external opening undergoes almost com-plete development; it indeed may even functionate in a regular way bymenstruation and eventually undergo development to accommodate thefetus. • The accessory cornu appears to be most markedly developed atthe point of its transition into the lig. teres, and this itself is unusuallylong. The importance of the rudimentary half depends on whether it is per-forated completely or partially. If the imperforated portion is developedso that it can menstruate, blood cysts or sacs develop, and they fill up toa poin
Pathology and treatment of diseases of women . es an external opening undergoes almost com-plete development; it indeed may even functionate in a regular way bymenstruation and eventually undergo development to accommodate thefetus. • The accessory cornu appears to be most markedly developed atthe point of its transition into the lig. teres, and this itself is unusuallylong. The importance of the rudimentary half depends on whether it is per-forated completely or partially. If the imperforated portion is developedso that it can menstruate, blood cysts or sacs develop, and they fill up toa point of rupture; rupture may become fatal through hemorrhage or 64 DISEASES OF WOMEN suppuration. The number of cases known in the literature of retentioncysts in such incompletely developed Mutters ducts is continually grow-ing. Their importance depends materially on their location and thevarying condition of their contents. The farther the affected end liesfrom the external genitalia, the more difficult is the diagnosis, and the Ov. d. T. ?? Ov. s. U. d. Fig. 41.—Uterus Unicornis Cum Rudimento Cornu Alterius. After Natanson, Monats-schr. f. Geb. u. Gyn., XX, p. 1104. Ov. d., ovarium dextrum ; T. d., tuba dextra;U. d., uterus dexter; BL, bladder; U. H., rudimentary uterine cornu; L. t, , Ov. s., ovarium sinistrum; I. R., rudimentary tube; L. s. o., lig. suspen-sorium ovarii. more danger exists that the retention cyst may rupture in the absenceof necessary assistance and cause the death of the patient. One of my patients, a Mrs. B., nineteen years old, well developed, andmenstruating since her fifteenth year, felt for about a year pains at each PATHOLOGY OF THE VAGINA AND UTERUS 65 menstrual period increasing in severity, and noticed the growth of amass in the abdomen, which she at first thought to be a pregnant these pains kept on increasing, and the continuation of menstruation L. t.
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