Papilloma of the Fallopian tube and the relation of hydroperitoneum to tubal disease / by Alban Doran.

  • Doran, Alban H. G. (Alban Henry Griffiths), 1849-1927.
Date:
1887
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    THE RELATION OF HYDROPERITONEUM TO TUBAL DISEASE. By Alban Doran. In systematic works upon tlie pathology of the female organs papilloma of tlie interior of the Fallopian tube is still noted as a curiosity. Rokitansky, Hennig, and other authorities speak of the papillomatous outgrowths as small excrescences, each about the size of a pea or a bean. They are generally described as an occasional complication of dropsy of the tube. Of papilloma of the tube, as a distinct disease producing clinical symptoms, very little is said in contemporary literature on the diseases of women. That little consists of brief references to a case under the care of Sir Spencer Wells and Mr. Bickersteth in 1879. A full report of the pathology of the case, with a short clinical history, prepared by myself, was published in the thirty-first volume of the ‘ Transactions of the Patho- logical Society of London.’ Sir Spencer Wells noted the case in his ‘ Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Abdo- minal Tumours.’ It has been referred to in several clinical text-books, such as Dr. Graily Hewitt’s well- known work. Dr. Winckel quotes my pathological report,* but his own observations on the disease in question consist of a single line of text informing the reader that Hennig has found papillary growths on the mucous membrane of the tube. Dr. Bandlj- merely observes that in chronic tubal catarrh papillary growths are found on the inner surface of the tube. To Professor Schroder’s observation on my case I shall presently have occasion to refer. It happens that, within seven years, I have seen two * ‘ Lelirbuch der Frauenkrankhciten,’ Leipzig, 188G, p. 579. t Die Krankheiten der Tuber, &c.,” ‘ Deutsche Ckirurgie/ Lieferuug 59, 1886, p. 39.