Contribution to the study of non-cancerous tumours of the breast / by Charles Monod ; translated from the Archives gén. de médecine, January, 1875, by Charles Cullingworth ; to which is appended an account of an ovarian cyst in an infant newly born, by Charles J. Cullingworth.

  • Monod, Charles Edmond, 1843-1921.
Date:
1875
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Credit: Contribution to the study of non-cancerous tumours of the breast / by Charles Monod ; translated from the Archives gén. de médecine, January, 1875, by Charles Cullingworth ; to which is appended an account of an ovarian cyst in an infant newly born, by Charles J. Cullingworth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fying epithet of benign. He divided them into two classes : the first, which he denominated hydatid disease of the breast, comprised the diverse varieties of cystic disease of the breast. The second constituted in his view the type of a benign tumour—it is the chronic mammary tumotir ; it is generally developed between the ages of seventeen and thirty, its prin- cipal anatomical character is a multiplicity of lobules separated by clefts and depressions ; this arrangement persisting what- ever size the tumour may acquire. The division of A. Cooper, based upon numerous observa- tions, may, in its leading features, be preserved even at this day. Amongst non-cancerous tumours of the breast, some are chiefly remarkable for the large number of cysts which occupy them ; others, approaching nearer in their aspect to the normal gland tissue, are only traversed by elongated cavities, many of which may elude a superficial examination. Astley Cooper did not see the relation which existed between these two groups of tumours, in appearance so different. Indeed, it could not be made out with the insufficient resources for the examination of tumours which were then at his dis- posal. The intervention of the microscope did not at first seem as if it would throw much light on the question. Yet it allowed Muller* to establish upon a definite basis the group of cysto-sarcomata. The hydatid disease of the breast of Astley Cooper comprised three varieties : simple cysts, com- pound cysts, and parasitic or hydatid cysts properly so-called. These last might be set aside on account of their extreme rarity ; their altogether special characters evidently formed them into a distinct class. J. Muller brought together the two first varieties of Astley Cooper, and referred them to the same origin, by pointing out that simple cysts pro- ^ pcrly so-called were very rare, and that more frequently in cases of that kind we were dealing with cysts formed in a neoplastic tissue, cavities tunnelled in a sarcoma. These cysts too might be simple or compound, as had been admitted before him, or might assume a third form. * Miiller, J., “ Ueber den feineren Bau und die Formen der krankhaften Geschwulste.” P. 56. Berlin, 1838,
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