Fibromata and cysto-fibromata of the ovary / by Harry C. Coe.
- Coe, Henry C., 1856-1940.
- Date:
- 1882
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Fibromata and cysto-fibromata of the ovary / by Harry C. Coe. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![cases by Leopold and others,' to which subsequent reference will be made, we find in Schroeder a short but clear account of these tumors ; Olshausen® describes them and mentions several cases. Among the treatises on pathological anatomy, Virchow’s work, already alluded to, furnishes us with considerable infor- mation. lie notes also the interesting fact that this condition of the ovary has been seen in various domestic animals, as well in'the human female, though in no case has he met with these fibrous bodies of any great size. Rokitansky^ speaks of “ the anomalous production of fibrous tissue ” in the ovary, but does not ajopear to recognize such tumors as form the subject of this paper, since his variety are “ rai’ely larger than a pea.” Rindfleisch® describes a “ hypertrophia notha ovariorum.” Klebs’ mentions sarcomata of the ovary, which, from the de- scription, do not seem to differ from fibromata. He has some peculiar ideas regarding the origin of these bodies. Klob® is sceptical as to fibroids originating elsewhere than in the uterus, and thinks that, even where they seem to arise from the adnexa, a ]3edicle will be found attached to the fundus. Scanzoni® has seen but four cases, Beigel‘° cites three, and comments on their rarity. Gusscrow” says nothing of ovarian fibromata.'® Among American writers we note of course Atlee'® and Peas- lee,''* the former of whom thinks that “ it is exceedingly rare (his own italics) to meet with a hard fibrous tumor of the ovary f and “ when a tumor possessing the usual characteristics of a fibroid—being hard, solid, non-fiuctuating—is found in the ab- dominal cavity, we may, as a general rule, decide it to be uterine.” “ Fibroids of the ovarian stroma are rery rare (Peaslee'®), and do not often exceed the size of a goose-egg.” ’ Ai-chiv fur Gyn. ^Weibl. Geschlechtsorgane, last ed., p. 411. ® Ovarien, p. 415, etc. ^ Geschwiilste, Art. Fibroinata. * Path. Anat., vol. ii., Syd. Trans., p. 252. *Path. Gewebelehre u. Anat., p. 464. ■'Handbuch der Path. Anat., Tome ii., p. 822 and 829. ®Path. Anat. Female Sex. Organs, Trans., p. 163, 161. ^Weibl. Sexualorgane (French trans.), p. 356. Krankheiten des weibl. Geschlechts, p. 444. Neubildungen des Uterus. Billroth’s Allgem. u. Spec. Chirurgie. ’•^Diag. derEierstockstumoren. Volkmaun’s Clin. Vortrage; no remark on fibromata. Ovarian Tumors, p. 262. Ovarian Tumors. ’’ Ovarian Tumors, p. 25.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22336400_0011.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
