A LARGE CYSTIC TUMOR DEVELOPING FROM THE ILIOPSOAS BURSA

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History. —In November, 1908, I was asked by Dr. A. H. A. Mayer to examine a man aged 46 who had what appeared to be a very unusual pelvic tumor. About ten years before the patient had begun to limp, and a year later consulted a physician who told him that he had a tumor of the left hip. The condition gradually had become worse. For about a year the man had noticed that every time he put his weight on his left leg "something slipped" in his hip. Examination. —The patient was a tall, rather anemic looking man. The chest sounds were normal. The left leg was stiff and when walking he held the left hip-joint as immobile as possible. Occupying the left iliac fossa and extending beyond the median line was a firm oval mass, 8 by 10 cm. This was continuous with

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