. Tumours, innocent and malignant; their clinical characters and appropriate treatment. rt of the tumour stickingout of his mouth: it was extracted with a strong large odontomes removed from the antrum havebeen described as exostoses. Thus, M. Michon removedfrom the antrum of a Frenchman aged 19 years, at theHopital de la Pitie (without an ansesthetic), an odontomeweighing 1,080 grains. The operation, which may be de-scribed as a surgical struggle, lasted upwards of an hourand a quarter. The tumour is described as an exostosis,but fortunately Michons account is accompanied by som
. Tumours, innocent and malignant; their clinical characters and appropriate treatment. rt of the tumour stickingout of his mouth: it was extracted with a strong large odontomes removed from the antrum havebeen described as exostoses. Thus, M. Michon removedfrom the antrum of a Frenchman aged 19 years, at theHopital de la Pitie (without an ansesthetic), an odontomeweighing 1,080 grains. The operation, which may be de-scribed as a surgical struggle, lasted upwards of an hourand a quarter. The tumour is described as an exostosis,but fortunately Michons account is accompanied by some COMPOSITE ODONTOMAS 225 excellent figures which show clearly enough that the tumouris of dental origin. The cut surface exhibited a laminateddisposition. Microscopically it was composed of tissue pre-senting many parallel tubules having the appearance ofexaggerated dentinal tubules. A tumour almost parallel with this has been de-scribed by Dr. T. Duka, by whom it was removed from aMahomedan woman aged 26, at Monghyr, Bengal. Thewoman had for six years suffered from a muco-purulent. Fig. 130.—Composite odontome from the mandible of a Kaf&r boy 14 years of age.(850 grains.) {^Ihsciou, Roi/al Dental Hospital, London.) discharge from the right nostril, and was anxious for case was regarded as one of necrosis, but after asur-gical struggle lasting nearly an hour (without chloroform),the tumour (Fig. 131) was withdrawn from the had no connexion with the surrounding tissues. Thetumour, which was regarded as an exostosis, was sub-mitted to a committee of the Pathological Society. In itsreport the committee states that the osseous tissue differs incharacter from that ordinarily seen in exostoses. An examin-ation of the tumour, which is preserved in St. GeorgesHospital museum, and inspection of the figures illustratingthe report mentioned, show clearly enough that it is a com-posite odontoma. Dr. Duka, in his account of the case, statesthat Dr. Allen Webb was of
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