. The diagnosis, pathology and treatment of diseases of women including the diagnosis of pregnancy. ^, and t\\Q recurrent fibroid polypus ofthe uterus. In Cancer of the fundus or body of the uterus, a cancerous mass,of the meduUary variety, may project downwards, its lower sur-face being felt as a softish rounded body. In cases of cancer inthe more ordinary position, viz., at the uterine cei^vix, there may Fig. be found polypoid masses projecting into the cervical canal. Herethe origin of the masses from the cervix would be apparent onslight examination. Cases of cancer of the fundus uter
. The diagnosis, pathology and treatment of diseases of women including the diagnosis of pregnancy. ^, and t\\Q recurrent fibroid polypus ofthe uterus. In Cancer of the fundus or body of the uterus, a cancerous mass,of the meduUary variety, may project downwards, its lower sur-face being felt as a softish rounded body. In cases of cancer inthe more ordinary position, viz., at the uterine cei^vix, there may Fig. be found polypoid masses projecting into the cervical canal. Herethe origin of the masses from the cervix would be apparent onslight examination. Cases of cancer of the fundus uteri are rare ;fungous excrescences growing from the interior of the cervix arenot so uncommon. The mass projecting at the os uteri is in bothcases softer than the ordinary fibrous uterine polypus. Thecharacteristics of the recurrent fibroid tumor of the uterus will bedescribed in the latter part of the work. Respecting the diagnosis of malignant polypi from the morecommon variety, it is to be remarked that the malignant polypiare softer to the touch, give rise to greater constitutional symp-toms, and the patient presents an intensity in reference to theprincipal symptoms—hemorrhage, discharge, prostration, &c.,— TUMORS AT THE OS UTERI. 221 ?which is rarely witnessed when the case is one of non-malignantpolypus. Fatty polypi are of extreme rarity. Tumors having com-position, and growing from w
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