Modern surgery, general and operative . llarycanal of a long bone, from foci of dormant cartilage, and may lead to the development of a solitary cyst of large size bysoftening of the tumor. The femur is the most usual site of solitary cyst. Itbegins very insidiously and progresses gradually. There are slight lameness,trivial pain, tenderness below the level of the trochanter, apparent shortening,and some bulging of bone. The bone may bend or at some spot may thin sothat the cyst can be felt. Such a bone fractures from slight force, and after afracture, when the effused blood and inflammatory e
Modern surgery, general and operative . llarycanal of a long bone, from foci of dormant cartilage, and may lead to the development of a solitary cyst of large size bysoftening of the tumor. The femur is the most usual site of solitary cyst. Itbegins very insidiously and progresses gradually. There are slight lameness,trivial pain, tenderness below the level of the trochanter, apparent shortening,and some bulging of bone. The bone may bend or at some spot may thin sothat the cyst can be felt. Such a bone fractures from slight force, and after afracture, when the effused blood and inflammatory exudate have been absorbed,a tumor can be detected distinctly. A solitary cyst of a long bone is apt tobe regarded clinically as a sarcoma (Bergmann-Virchow). In the pelvis, withits numerous centers of ossification, there are many sites from which chondro-mata may arise, and a pelvic chondroma may so block the pelvis of a pregnantwoman as to necessitate caesarean section (J. H. Wagner, in Surgery, Gynecologyand Obstetrics, 1916, xxiii).. Osteoma of femur. 410 Tumors or Morbid Growths Treatment.—Remove chondromata whenever possible, for, if allowed toremain undisturbed, thev are apt to resent this hospitality by becoming 1
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