A case of dermoid tumor of both ovaries complicated by a deposit of bone upon each side of the true pelvis, having no connection with the tumors / by Charles P. Noble and Joseph P. Tunis.

  • Noble, Charles P. (Charles Percy), 1863-1935.
Date:
1895
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Credit: A case of dermoid tumor of both ovaries complicated by a deposit of bone upon each side of the true pelvis, having no connection with the tumors / by Charles P. Noble and Joseph P. Tunis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of human monstrosities.1 By this term is meant the more or less complete inclusion of a parasitic foetus within the body of the autosite. In the large cavities of the body—the abdominal, thoracic, and cranial the presence of a parasitic embryo is explained by true inclusion, the arching-over process of the walls in the autosite enveloping the parasite within them. In abdominal inclusion (foetus in foetu) the parasitic foetus may be fairly well formed, but never reaches full development. On the other hand, it maybe a mass no bigger than one’s fist—of lowest development/1 .jut, In this connection it is interesting to recall the case reported by Dr. J L Atlee of congenital ventral gestation in a girl of six years, who lived seventeen years after the discharge of the mass from her abdomen. The full particulars of this case are detailed in the Transactions of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 1879, 3d ed., iv., 231-248. While the occurrence of these osseous tumors may thus be explained by a pro- cess originating in an early part of the embryonal life of the individual their presence is more readily accounted for as a result of a pathological change in the psoas muscles. While one of the masses removed (as may be seen by reference to Fig. 1) resembled in outline an imperfect vertebra, it is difficult to imagine that another vertebral column in- cluded within the abdominal cavity of the patient should have under- gone complete division and passed down into the pelvis in the substance of either psoas muscle. The spicules of bone presented equally on both sides of the pelvis. 1 Hirst and Piersol: Human Monstrosities, part iv. p. 199. Lea Bros. & Co., Phila 1893. 2 Ahlfeld (F.): Die Missbildungen des Mensehen. Leipsig, 1880. Text-book and atlas.