—Fibromas may spring from the periosteum, especially about the jaws and from the base of the skull, from which latter place they may project into the nasopharynx and interfere with the welfare of the patient. Some of these tumors are soft and succulent, as well as extremely vascular, and I have seen death occur upon the table in an endeavor to remove a growth of this kind, hemorrhage being uncontrollable.
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Multiple ecchondroses and exostoses.
Skeleton in the museum at Lyons. (Poncet.)
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Multiple ecchondroses and exostoses. (Lexer.)
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