Three cases of intraocular tumor / by W. F. Norris.

  • Norris, W. F. (William Felix), -1925.
Date:
1874
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Credit: Three cases of intraocular tumor / by W. F. Norris. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    springing from the bottom of the conjunctival sac. This rapidly increased in size, and, having filled the orbit, projected from the eyelids as a flat- tened round mass nearly three inches in diameter. Sloughs now formed on the exterior surface of the mass, which separated and fell off, materially reducing its size and allowing the distended eyelids once more to close over it. It, however, soon repullulated. A. Cells from intraocular tumor. B. Infiltration of tho sclerotic. C. Section of secondary tumor between dura mater and sknll. About this period several lumps appeared on the child's head, and one at the angle of the jaw (left side). Two of these attained considerable size; one near the vertex being a flattened hemisphere about three inches by two in diameter, and the one at the angle of the jaw ulcerating into the cavity of the mouth and caitsing a constant fetid discharge. The child, at first very irritable, became heavy and soporose, and died December 14th, 1870. The autopsy showed that the tumors on the outside of the cranium had sprung apparently from the periosteum, leaving, when forcibly pulled oiF, the bones bare and rough. On removing the calvarium, numerous flat- tened ovoid lumps were found between the dura mater and the bone, that membrane firmly adhering to them. Some of these were as large as half a walnut. Opposite them were corresponding depressions in the cerebral convolutions. The brain-substance at these points presented no trace of the gliomatous degeneration. It was also seen that the tumor filling the right orbit had extended