The diseases of women : a handbook for students and practitioners . ondary deposits occur inthe lungs and liver, and they are sometimes met with in thebones, but not with the same frequency as in mammarycancer. Symptoms.—Cancer of the uterine neck is common be-tween the fortieth and fiftieth years: it may occur asearly as the twenty-third year, but between twenty-threeand thirty it is certainly unusual. Like uterine myoma, this disease belongs especially tothe latter part of the childbearing period of life, and it isalmost exclusively confined to women who have borne atleast one child. The sig
The diseases of women : a handbook for students and practitioners . ondary deposits occur inthe lungs and liver, and they are sometimes met with in thebones, but not with the same frequency as in mammarycancer. Symptoms.—Cancer of the uterine neck is common be-tween the fortieth and fiftieth years: it may occur asearly as the twenty-third year, but between twenty-threeand thirty it is certainly unusual. Like uterine myoma, this disease belongs especially tothe latter part of the childbearing period of life, and it isalmost exclusively confined to women who have borne atleast one child. The signs of cancer are bleeding, offensive vaginal dis- charge, and sometimes pain,which usually lead womento seek advice. On examination, if the caseis in its early stage, the edgesof the os will be found evert-ed (Fig. 72), and a fungousmass protrudes from the ca-nal and bleeds on the slight-est touch. Diagnosis is rare-ly difficult. Conditions sometimes mis-taken for cancer are aden-omatous disease of the cer-vical endometrium (erosion) The first two are the signs. Fig. -Cancer of the cervix (A. E. G.). and small sloughing the late stages, when the cervix is destroyed and an14 2IO DISEASES OF WOMEN. ulcerating cancerous mass replaces it, there is no difficulty in recognizing its nature. A fatal termination is induced in a variety of ways : 1. The ulceration may open the uterine artery and cause fatal hemorrhage. 2. Repeated bleedings lead to exhaustion and death. Ovary infiltrated with cancer.
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