. Transactions of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia . Fig. 3.—Histological structure of the tumor in Case II. It is made up forthe most part of elongated spindle-shaped cells arranged in Fig. 2.—Case II. Diffuse fibroma of the breast in a girl aged eleven years. Thegeneral enlargement of the eland, tense and shining integument. and dilated sub-cutaneous veins simulated a sarcoma. JOISOX, SIKKSK, WIIITK: [( MOliS OF HKKAST IN ( !()I) I ; elements, g;ivin<; the usual aj)j)earaiiee of fibro-epithelial growthsas seen in the adult, ami can be classified, therefore, as


. Transactions of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia . Fig. 3.—Histological structure of the tumor in Case II. It is made up forthe most part of elongated spindle-shaped cells arranged in Fig. 2.—Case II. Diffuse fibroma of the breast in a girl aged eleven years. Thegeneral enlargement of the eland, tense and shining integument. and dilated sub-cutaneous veins simulated a sarcoma. JOISOX, SIKKSK, WIIITK: [( MOliS OF HKKAST IN ( !()I) I ; elements, g;ivin<; the usual aj)j)earaiiee of fibro-epithelial growthsas seen in the adult, ami can be classified, therefore, as fibro-adenoniata. A few instances of cystic disease of the breast and oflipoma in children arc on record. The two eases which follow were observed by us, and are reportedfor the first time: Case I.—F. W., female, aged tea years, was first seen in January, 1907, inthe Surgical Dispensary of the University Hospital. The child was poorlvnourished and slightly anemic She complained of pain and tenderness in theleft breast, particularly in the region of the nipple. There had been no trau-matism suggestive of a cause of the pain. On examination the breasts werefound to be in an undeveloped


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