Absorption of a tumour in the broad ligament during pregnancy / A. Norman McArthur.

  • McArthur, Arthur Norman.
Date:
1906
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Credit: Absorption of a tumour in the broad ligament during pregnancy / A. Norman McArthur. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    July 20. 1906 J Mr. Bird remaWecl on tlie advisability the cases of malignant stomach e^'ly. Ide had just heajjdof the death of one of his cases, in which h^iad performed a ^^^rtial gastrectomy three years and four months a^. It was retffly wonderful how large an amount of food was ingested’after rerrpva] of the stomach. A friend of one of his cases had remarked that it was pleasant to see the man enjoying his corned beef and cabbage ! The recurrence, when it took place, was usually rapidlyiatah In reference to the burn case, he (Mr. Bird) said he had beeh surprised to find the large surface of skin it was possible to graft .by the glidin^^process. Mr. Syme’s was an excellent result. / \ Mr. Kent Hughes insisted on the importance,of early and daily massage of the edges of a burn, in order to keep thb^-s^kin here free. In the case of children, the mother could be easily tau^-j;it to do all that was necessary. The skin would keep on growing so 'kjng as it was kept on being moved. The President remarked that he had had the pleasure of Mayo do a gastrectomy. Mayo advocated early exploration. Dr. Mollison exhibited specimens of pathological anatomy. Dr. McArthur read the report of a case of absorption of a tumour (probably fibroid) in the broad. ligament during pregnancy. (See p. 382.) Dr. Murphy said that he had seen the tumour during the operation, and had examined the case afterwards. It was recorded that such tumours did retrogress, but, as far as he knew, no authority had described their disappearance. Dr. Maudsley asked if there were any relation between the headache, rise of temperature, and other signs suggestive of inflam- matory trouble, and the disappearance of the tumour. .VIr. Syme remarked that he did not feel competent to discuss the case, as he had nut had the opportunity of examining, either before or after the disappearance of the tumour, but he thought it was possible that a mistake had been made. The symptoms were certainly more suggestive of an inflammatory origin of the tumour, more especially the toxic symptoms and the vaginal discharge, riie most extiaotdinary fact was its disappearance during preg- nancy. However, he would not for a moment dispute Dr. McArthur s diagnosis, but merely suggested an inflammatory origin, as a possible explanation of the tumour.