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Title: Diseases of cattle, sheep, goats and swine
Identifier: diseasesofcattle00mous (find matches)
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Moussu, Gustave, 1864-; Dollar, Jno. A. W. (John A. W. )
Subjects: Veterinary medicine
Publisher: Chicago : American Veterinary Pub. Co.
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TUMOURS OF THE TESTICLE. 595 character, and Moussu has only observed tumours of a type different from that of the testicle itself, containing tracts of carcinomatous, sarcomatous, and fibrous tissue. They also appear to vary greatly in gravity, for, although the cases seen by Moussu had become generalised in a few months, Cruzel states that these tumours may remain stationary for several years. The symptoms consist in progressive enlargement of the scrotal region and the appearance of a tumour surrounded by oede- matous or lardaceous tissue. The tumour, which is con- fined to one side, increases in size, is bosselated and adherent at points to the surface of the skin, while it is insensitive or only slightly painful to the touch. In a few months it may in- crease to the size of a child's head. The animals have diffi- culty in moving or lying down, the hind limb on the affected side is abducted, and the animal usually lies on its chest and abdomen. The patient rapidly loses flesh, although the appetite remains good. "When the growth is re- moved, it is easy to prove that the tumour has developed in the atrophied mass of tes- ticular tissue, and that it re- mains suspended from the end of the cord. The diagnosis of tumour of the testicle is extremely easy, for the condition cannot be mistaken for a hgematoma or for a scrotal abscess. The prognosis necessarily depends on the nature of the tumour, but as it is impossible to determine this point before extirpation, the prognosis should always be regarded as ver)^ grave. Treatment. Whatever the nature of the tumour, ablation is ad- visable. If it is of a benign character, recovery may be complete and QQ 2
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Fig. 239.—Upper surface of the neck of the bladder and origin of the urethra in the ox. 1, Bladder; 2, vesiculse seminales; 3, vas deferens ; 4, principal portion of the prostate gland extending beneath the sphincter ; 5, sphincter; 6, aponeurosis of the sphincter, clothing the upper portion of the urethra and the flattened portion of the prostate. (After Barrier.)

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