THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. 



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dergo fatty degeneration and disintegration. The inflammation may be 

 confined to the gland or it may spread to adjacent parts, sometimes 

 causing much destruction of tissue, and may give rise to inflammation of 

 the brain or of the inner ear, or even to metastatic pyaemic abscesses in 



FIG. 349. CYSTIC PAPILLOMA OF THE OMENTUM. 

 Secondary to papilloma of the ovaries. 



different parts of the body. Healing may occur, with the formation of 

 salivary fistulse. 



The submaxillary gland may be involved with the parotid in the sup- 

 purative inflammation. Acute suppurative inflammation of the connec- 

 tive tissue about the submaxillary gland is sometimes of serious import. 

 Sloughing and gangrene may occur and are apt to spread to adjacent 



