. The cyclopædia of anatomy and physiology. Anatomy; Physiology; Zoology. TESTICLE (ABNORMAL ANATOMY). developed under two forms. In one, it occurs in combination with careinomatous deposit : Fig. Section of a cystic tumour of the testicle, showing a multitude of cysts of various shapes and sizes, with solid matter interposed betwen them. The natural glandular structure is icholly destroyed. in the other and more common form, the tumour is of an innocent character, and free from the risk of disease attacking other parts after removal of the organ. In the former the cysts are larger and l
. The cyclopædia of anatomy and physiology. Anatomy; Physiology; Zoology. TESTICLE (ABNORMAL ANATOMY). developed under two forms. In one, it occurs in combination with careinomatous deposit : Fig. Section of a cystic tumour of the testicle, showing a multitude of cysts of various shapes and sizes, with solid matter interposed betwen them. The natural glandular structure is icholly destroyed. in the other and more common form, the tumour is of an innocent character, and free from the risk of disease attacking other parts after removal of the organ. In the former the cysts are larger and less numerous than in the latter. By careful examination and with the aid of the microscope the coexist- ence of the two diseases may generally be made out. Ossific deposits in the testicle. — Earthy matter occurs in the testicle under two forms : 1. Laminated, and often mixed up with car- tilage ; and 2., as an inorganic deposit. In the first form it is usually deposited between the tunica vaginalis and tunica albuginea, in little bony or cartilaginous patches, in which a fibrous arrangement may be recognised. I have frequently found one or two irregularly- shaped projecting ossific bodies scarcely larger than a pin's head attached to the upper part of the testicle. Ossific matter occurs also on the adherent surface of the tunica vaginalis in old cases of hydrocele, where it has been found so abundant as to form a complete ossific capsule. It has been said that the epididymis alone may be encased in bone, the testicle being free ; this I have never seen. Bony matter occurs, however, in the sub- stance of the epididymis as the result of ossi- fication of the product of inflammation. Earthy matter in this form is not often ob- 1011 served in the substance of the testicle. The gland, however, when atrophied and reduced to a mere fibrous tissue, occasionally under- goes both the cartilaginous and osseous trans- formation. The cysts developed in the tes- ticle, as I have already
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