Abstract
Cystic uterine fibroid of large size in a 5-para, aged 49—Infection of a loculus after tapping—Fibroma of ovary—Supravaginal hysterectomy: Removal of the fibromatous ovary—Opposite Fallopian tube and ovary not removed—Uterine tumour malignant (perithelioma) according to microscopic appearances—Convalescence protracted through infection, probably from the tapped loculus—Speedy recurrence expected, yet patient living and very corpulent four and a half years after operation.