A treatise on the medical and surgical diseases of women, with their homopathic treatment .. . tumor may undergo changes, among which UTERINE FIBROMA. 343 are softening, fatty degeneration, oedema, induration, calca-reous degeneration, etc. Klob mentions one case of primary carcinomatous degen-eration, which is the only one on record. Extension of car-cinoma from neighboring parts is more common. Sarcomatousdegeneration is still more frequent. Varieties of Fibroids.—We have the subserous, the sub-mucous, the infra-mural or interstitial varieties. The first twomay be pedunculated; the submucous
A treatise on the medical and surgical diseases of women, with their homopathic treatment .. . tumor may undergo changes, among which UTERINE FIBROMA. 343 are softening, fatty degeneration, oedema, induration, calca-reous degeneration, etc. Klob mentions one case of primary carcinomatous degen-eration, which is the only one on record. Extension of car-cinoma from neighboring parts is more common. Sarcomatousdegeneration is still more frequent. Varieties of Fibroids.—We have the subserous, the sub-mucous, the infra-mural or interstitial varieties. The first twomay be pedunculated; the submucous projecting into theuterine cavity, and, when attached to the uterine tissue by apedicle, called a fibrous polypus (which, owing to its peculiar-ity, will be discussed separately); the subserous projectinginto the abdominal cavity. It may either be pedunculated ornon-pedunculated. The intra-muial variety develops in themuscular tissue, either of the body or cervix, its more com-mon seat being in the body. I will insert a few cuts to rep-resent the different varieties of uterine
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