The woman
afterward confessed that she was perfectly aware of her
deformity, but was ashamed to disclose it before. There was an
analogue of this case found by Mercurialis in a child of a Jew
called Teutonicus.
Gerster reports a rare form of imperforate anus, with malposition
of the left ureter, obliteration of the ostia of both ureters,
with consequent hydronephrosis of a confluent kidney. There was a
minute opening into the bladder, which allowed the passage of
meconium through the urethra. Burge mentions the case of what he
calls "sexless child," in which there was an imperforate anus and
no pubic arch; the ureters discharged upon a tumor the size of a
teacup extending from the umbilicus to the pubes. A postmortem
examination confirmed the diagnosis of sexless child.
The Liver.--The Ephemerides, Frankenau, von Home, Molinetti,
Schenok, and others speak of deficient or absent liver. Zacutus
Lusitanus says that he once found a mass of flesh in place of the
liver. Lieutaud is quoted as describing a postmortem examination
of an adult who had died of hydropsy, in whom the liver and
spleen were entirely missing. The portal vein discharged
immediately into the vena cava; this case is probably unique, as
no authentic parallel could be found.
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