Munde, Barnes, Lentz, Madden, and
Heywood Smith report instances, and Cloquet describes an instance
of inguinal hernia of the ovary in which the uterus as well as
the Fallopian tube were found in the inguinal canal. Debierre
mentions that Puech has gathered 88 instances of inguinal hernia
of the ovary and 14 of the crural type, and also adds that Otte
cites the only instance in which crural ovarian hernia has been
found on both sides. Such a condition with other associate
malformations of the genitalia might easily be mistaken for an
instance of hermaphroditic testicles.
The Fallopian tubes are rarely absent on either side, although
Blasius reports an instance of deficient oviducts. Blot reports a
case of atrophy, or rather rudimentary state of one of the
ovaries, with absence of the tube on that side, in a woman of
forty.
Doran has an instance of multiple Fallopian tubes, and Richard,
in 1861, says several varieties are noticed. These tubes are
often found fused or adherent to the ovary or to the uterus; but
Fabricius describes the symphysis of the Fallopian tube with the
rectum.
Absence of the uterus is frequently reported. Lieutaud and
Richerand are each said to have dissected female subjects in whom
neither the uterus nor its annexed organs were found.
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