Case of ovarian dropsy, in which both ovaries were excised, terminating fatally on the seventieth day, from strangulation of the intestine / recorded by Drs Bennett and Handyside ; with Pathological and clinical observations on encysted tumours of the ovary / by John Hughes Bennett.
- Bennett, John Hughes, 1812-1875.
- Date:
- 1846
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Credit: Case of ovarian dropsy, in which both ovaries were excised, terminating fatally on the seventieth day, from strangulation of the intestine / recorded by Drs Bennett and Handyside ; with Pathological and clinical observations on encysted tumours of the ovary / by John Hughes Bennett. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![this case, which may be seen in the university museum, and exhi- bit the following facts :— 1. A portion of the sac, almost healthy in structure, showing the bands and imperfect septa which give these tumours internally a niultilocular appearance. 2—5. Four portions of the sac injected, showing the different de- grees of suppurative inflammation, and of vascularity, in various parts of the sac internally. 6. Shows the expansion of the broad ligament over the external wall of the tumour, its elongatiou, and the fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube enlarged and standing out from the morbid growth. The uterus and opposite ovary are seen to be healthy. 7. A portion of the jelly like tumour attatched to the internal and thickened membrane of the sac, partially separated from the fibrous envelope. It now resembles a mass of flakes and mem- branes, into which the injection has scarcely penetrated. A cyst, the size of a walnut, may be seen cut througli and attached to the sac, at the lower part of the preparation. Remarks.—In this case the adhesions anteriorly and laterally, md the support given to the tumour posteriorly, bad prevented jressure from within being so directed as to cause ulceration in the external sac. Internally, however, nearly all the cysts had jurst into each other, and the tumour presented the last stage of development of these growths, viz. one enormous cavity with the traces on its internal surface of previous cysts. Under these cir- cumstances, inflammation followed by suppuration took place ; no peritonitis occurred, and she died exhausted. The following is another instance of the disease, which went through all its stages. Case 4—Ovarian Dropsy—Several tappings—Death by perifo- lilis—Tumour of left ovary consisting of'one mullilocular sac—Va- ■ious adhesions—Partial suppuration milhin the sac, Elizabeth Hayden, aged 23, unmarried, entered the Royal Infir- nary March 17, 1845, and was treated successively by Dr Alison md Dr Christison. The abdomen was first perceived to enlarge two years ago. She ^ mtered the Carlisle Inlirmary, where, six months'after the com- nencement of the swelling, paracentesis was performed. Since '■■ hen she has been tapped twice. ^ On admission, lier general appearance is that of perfect health. 3he conijihiins, however, of occasional lancinating pains in the right ! liac region. Tlie abdomen is much enlarged, with distinct fluctua- ion ; urine scanty. On the 2}]th paracentesis of the abdomen was )erforme(i, and nine imperial pints of very tenacious, transparent, f olourless fluid were withdrawn. It closely resembled white ofepg. i )n the 31st of May she complained of severe pain in the abdo'uen nd back, and some vomiting of bilious matter. There was tender-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21471113_0041.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
