Fibroid of broad ligament associated with an ovarian cyst / shown by Alban Doran.

  • Doran, Alban H. G. (Alban Henry Griffiths), 1849-1927.
Date:
[1901]
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Credit: Fibroid of broad ligament associated with an ovarian cyst / shown by Alban Doran. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    /'* ■ V/ inns? Reprinted from Vol. XLIII of the ‘ Obstetrical Society's Transactions* K -29&W- 13 $ FIBROID OF BROAD LlV^MEN^AS^OCIATED WITH AN OYAJ Shown by Alban Doran, F.R.C.S. (With Plate XIV.) Two years ago I read before the Society a short treatise on fibroid of the broad ligament.* It was based on a case where I removed a large tumour of this class, distinct from the uterus. The relations of a growth so bulky are sometimes confusing, and in this instance it must have taken long to grow, so that some authorities might contend that it was originally uterine, but had slowly, though completely, separated itself from the uterus. The present specimen is relatively small, yet it was widely separate from the uterus. There can be no doubt of its origin elsewhere than in that organ, and so far it is highly instructive. There remains a second feature of interest, namely, its clinical relation with an ovarian cyst, a new growth of an entirely different type. E. G—, aged 44, single, was admitted into my wards at the Samaritan Free Hospital on July 9th, 1901. For over eight months oedema of the lower limbs had been observed; in March, 1901, the abdomen began to swell. Mr. H. D. Stewart, of Redcliffe Gardens, sent her to the out-patient department of the hospital, where Dr. Lockyer examined her and diagnosed ovarian tumour, ordering immediate admission. The patient was healthy and naturally rather thin. The abdomen was greatly distended, and its walls were slightly cedematous. The girth at the umbilical level was thirty-seven inches. A fluctuating tumour extended from * “ Fibroid of the Broad Ligament, weighing 44J lbs., removed by Enuclea- tion; Recovery; with table and analysis of 39 cases,” ‘Trans. Obst. Soc.,’ vol. xli, 1899, p. 173.