THE TREATMENT OF VASCULAR TUMORS BY THE INJECTION OF WATER AT A HIGH TEMPERATURE.

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Angiomata or non-malignant vascular tumors, especially those of large size, as cirsoid aneurisms or cavernous nevi, are among the most difficult lesions with which the surgeon has to contend. In fact, a considerable number of these cases have heretofore been deemed inoperable, and have been abandoned to an ever-increasing deformity and discomfort and, in some instances, to death from hemorrhage, pressure or other cause. While I do not claim that the method I am about to submit is infallible or will cure every case, or is without danger, I am convinced it is worthy of serious consideration. These vascular neoplasms may be classified on an anatomic basis as arterial, capillary and venous. The arterial angioma, or cirsoid aneurism, is most infrequently observed. The venous variety (cavernous nevus) is next in order of infrequency, while the capillary form, or "mother's mark," is most common.

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