. Journal of the Medical Society of New Jersey. on of the cord, whichwas composed of amnion with an innerlining of parietal peritoneum, it was foundto contain all the movable viscera of theabdomen, namely, the stomach, small in-testine, large intestine down to the begin-ning of sigmoid, great omentum, liver andspleen. Communication with the abdomi-nal cavity was established by a tight, roundopening admitting the tip of the index fin-ger ( see thumb forceps ). The fixed ab-dominal viscera remained in the abdomen,that is the adrenals, kidneys, bladder andinternal genital organs. The liver presen
. Journal of the Medical Society of New Jersey. on of the cord, whichwas composed of amnion with an innerlining of parietal peritoneum, it was foundto contain all the movable viscera of theabdomen, namely, the stomach, small in-testine, large intestine down to the begin-ning of sigmoid, great omentum, liver andspleen. Communication with the abdomi-nal cavity was established by a tight, roundopening admitting the tip of the index fin-ger ( see thumb forceps ). The fixed ab-dominal viscera remained in the abdomen,that is the adrenals, kidneys, bladder andinternal genital organs. The liver presented a large single cystin the left lobe, and microsv-onicallv showedgroups of aberrant bile ducts. Both kid-neys presented congenital cysts. 1 regard the above case as a malforma-tion, due to defective union of the ventralsomatopleuric folds (membrana reuniens Society of New Jersey. Nov., 1909. anterior) in the abdominal region. Themovable abdominal viscera have pushedbefore them the parietal peritoneumthrough the defective abdominal wall, and. as a consequence the umbilical cord wasinvaded by the hernial sac and its contents,rather early in fcetal life. Although the most frequent seat of im-perfect closure of the ventral wall is at the |umbilicus, nevertheless the case is of suf- Nov., 1909. Journal of the Medical Society of New Jersey. 305 ficient interest on account of the large con-tents of the sac, and the presence of con-genital cystic kidneys with aberrant bileducts. SARCOMA OF THE KIDNEY, PROBABLYCONGENITAL, IN AN INFANT. Dr. J. Finley Bell, of Englewood, Reported ThisCase at the New York Academy of Medi-cine, Section on Pediatics, May 13, 1909,as Recorded in the American Jour-nal of Obstetrics. The patient was a male infant, four monthsold, seen in consultation on February 17. Thebaby had been breast-fed, and Dr. Paratt, whocalled Dr. Bell in consultation, had not seen thebaby from the time of birth until the previousday. The baby had been apparently normal atthe time
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