Abstract
As a result of early diagnosis, the free clinic and the rapid education in surgical matters of the public generally, the giant ovarian cyst will, in time, let us hope, become obsolete. It is only occasionally now in hospital practice that cases are found. It seems, therefore, worth while to report in detail a case which presents some unusual features in diagnosis as well as in postoperative treatment. History. —A. M., a woman, aged 30, was admitted to the City Hospital, Feb. 22, 1923, with a diagnosis of seven months' pregnancy. Two months later, on account of pressure symptoms and the enormous distention of the abdominal walls, the obstetrician considered it advisable to induce labor by rupturing the membranes. She was delivered of a practically full-term living child (breech presentation). It was recognized at this time that she had a very large ovarian cyst. Even after delivery, the abdomen was
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