Malignant disease of conjunctiva / by Freeland Fergus.

  • Fergus, A. Freeland (Andrew Freeland), 1858-1932.
Date:
[1905?]
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Credit: Malignant disease of conjunctiva / by Freeland Fergus. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tion by the growth, the sella turcica being replaced by a soft pulpy and gritty mass. The meninges of the base of the brain were not apparently involved, and the brain itself showed no deposit either by extension or metastasis. There was softening of the inferior frontal lobes, and the olfactory bulbs were soft and flattened. The optic chiasma was much softened and flattened from above downwards. The ventricles of the brain were distended. The tumour also involved the right palatal bone, bulging into the mouth, while the right posterior naso-pharynx was com¬ pletely plugged by growth. The cephalic tumour was observed clinically to arise from a preauricular gland or glands, and the orbital cavity (the eye having been removed) ; notwithstanding the phenomenally rapid growth of the tumour, and the involvement of big venous sinuses (a. g., the cavernous sinus), the rest of the body remained free from metastasis, there being no cervical gland enlargement. (.January 26th, 1905.) PRINTED BY ADLARD AND SON, LONDON AND DORKING.