. The diagnosis and treatment of diseases of women. Fig. 330. Anteflexion of the Cervix Uteri. In this condition the axis of the cervix points toward theexaminer, as in retroversion, though the corpus uteri is well forward. SWELLING AND EVERSION FROM INFLAMMATION 233. Fig. 331. Eversion of the Cervical Mucosa due to inflammation within the cervix.(CuUen—Cancer of the Uterus.) There has been no laceration of the cervix in this case, the patient being a Nullipara. Thiseversion of the cervical mucosa by inflammation only, without previous laceration, is a rare con-dition. It is likely to lead to
. The diagnosis and treatment of diseases of women. Fig. 330. Anteflexion of the Cervix Uteri. In this condition the axis of the cervix points toward theexaminer, as in retroversion, though the corpus uteri is well forward. SWELLING AND EVERSION FROM INFLAMMATION 233. Fig. 331. Eversion of the Cervical Mucosa due to inflammation within the cervix.(CuUen—Cancer of the Uterus.) There has been no laceration of the cervix in this case, the patient being a Nullipara. Thiseversion of the cervical mucosa by inflammation only, without previous laceration, is a rare con-dition. It is likely to lead to a mistaken diagnosis of laceration of the cervix. It is also ofmedico-legal importance, as the appearance of laceration may lead to the erroneous conclusionthat the patient has at sometime given birth to a child. 234 GYNECOLOGIC DIAGNOSIS scar-tissue, causing cystic degeneration (Fig. 337), or by a fibroid tumor of the cer-vix or by a malignant tumor of tlie cervix. Idiopathic elongation of the cervix,also, may cause it, but that is a very rare condition. Softening of the Cervix may be due to normal pregnancy or to extra-uterinepregnancy or to a recent pregnancy (terminated by labor or miscarriage). In Fig.
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