Outlines of the diseases of women / by John Phillips.

  • Phillips, John.
Date:
1897
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Credit: Outlines of the diseases of women / by John Phillips. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    in the substance of the cervix, producing thickening and hyper- trophy. It may break down and form an ulcer—the cancerous ulcer. Epithelioma (or cancroid) may arise from the cubical epithelium Fig. 98. Composite diagram of the origin and mode of extension of malignant disease of the cervix, . Zone of small-cell infiltrating tissue. . Epithelioma commencing in the deeper layers of the portio vaginalis, and projecting on the surface as a cauliflower excrescence, i. Healthy tissue around os uteri externum. . Tissue with commencing infil- tration. i. Epithelioma breaking down into an ulcer. . Infiltration tissue. a a'. All the cervix below dotted line = portio vaginalis, b b'. All the cervix below dotted line and above a a' = portio supra- vaginalis. Cavity of uterine body. ,, cervix uteri. Is placed just below the os uteri externum. v. Vagina. 1. Carcinomatous nodule arising in the substance of cervix. 2. A similar nodule, broken down. 3. Zone of mature cancer tissue. e. c. X. The arrows denote possible modes of extension of the disease. of the cervical canal, or from the deeper layers of the squamous epithelium of the vaginal aspect of the cervix; in the latter case, it assumes the papillary form or cauliflower excrescence. It is extremely difficult to localise the site of origin of cervical