. The diagnosis, pathology and treatment of diseases of women including the diagnosis of pregnancy. actions of the Pathological The so-called fattypolypi of the uterus are instances of the same kind. The cystictransformation does not appear to affect parietal fibroid tumors,but v^^e have some very important instances of it in that tumorwhich is-now and then found external to the uterus,—the fibro-cystic tumor of the uterus. A careful examination of the factsrecorded leads to the conclusion that these fibro-cystic tumors,which in many particulars so much resemble ovarian cystic tumors
. The diagnosis, pathology and treatment of diseases of women including the diagnosis of pregnancy. actions of the Pathological The so-called fattypolypi of the uterus are instances of the same kind. The cystictransformation does not appear to affect parietal fibroid tumors,but v^^e have some very important instances of it in that tumorwhich is-now and then found external to the uterus,—the fibro-cystic tumor of the uterus. A careful examination of the factsrecorded leads to the conclusion that these fibro-cystic tumors,which in many particulars so much resemble ovarian cystic tumors,are primarily fibroid tumors, either sub-peritoneal uterine fibroids,or sub-peritoneal peri-uterine fibroids (see ante, p. 541). The * Fig. 90, from a preparation in University College Museum. A sub-mucous fibroid tumor, polypoidal in character,t Vol. xi, p. 173. 554 PATHOLOGY AND TREATMENT. importance of these rare tumors is great, inasmuch as they havebeen mistaken for ovarian tumors. Hence the interest of this. cystic transformation. Mr. Pagetf remarks on this subject, thatthe formation of cysts in fibrous tumors is not rare, especially if Fig.
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