Cases of fibroma and fibro-myoma of the broad ligament / by Alban Doran.

  • Doran, Alban H. G. (Alban Henry Griffiths), 1849-1927.
Date:
1899
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Credit: Cases of fibroma and fibro-myoma of the broad ligament / by Alban Doran. 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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    FIBROID OF THE BROAD LIGAMENT WEIGH- ING FORTY-FOUR AND A HALF POUNDS (TWENTY KILOGRAMMES) REMOVED BY ENUCLEATION; RECOVERY. WITH TABLE AND ANALYSIS OF THIRTY-NINE CASES. By Alban Doran, F.R.C.S., SUEGEON TO THE SAMABITAN FEEE HOSPITAL. (Received November 13th, 1898.) (Abstract.) In this case, where the tumour seems to be the heaviest of its kiud ou record, the patient was 28, and her last confinement was six years before operation. Shortly afterwards a tumour developed in the left iliac fossa; three years later it became impacted in the pelvis. Dr. Ward Cousins succeeded in pushing it into the abdominal cavity; this gave great relief, but the tumour grew rapidly and albuminuria and anasarca set in. The catamenia remained normal throughout The tumour grew in such a manner that the lower ribs were not stretched out, but pushed back behind it. In order to spare as much blood as possible, the ovarian and round ligament vessels were ligatured proximally and distally, the capsule divided between the ligatures, which were then tightened, and lastly the incisions in the capsule united, so that after its complete division horizontally, and the securing of the cervix uteri, the tumour was enucleated without loss of blood. The cut *dge of the capsule was drawn together