ROENTGEN THERAPY FOR BRONCHIECTASIS

Abstract

In a preliminary report one of us 1 reported the effectual use of roentgen therapy for bronchiectasis in a case of bronchiectasis. Here we report our successful experience in thirty cases of bronchiectasis in which roentgen therapy was employed. ROENTGEN THERAPY IN BRONCHIECTASIS Roentgen therapy has been employed for a great and protean variety of pulmonary inflammatory diseases. The literature is voluminous on the subjects of roentgen therapy for pulmonary tuberculosis, postoperative pneumonia, unresolved pneumonia, chronic pulmonary suppuration, pertussis, asthma and bronchitis. 2 Under the obscure headings of chronic pulmonary suppuration and unresolved pneumonia, there were perhaps many cases of unidentified bronchiectasis. Roentgen therapy has been employed in small dosage by several authors for unresolved pneumonia and chronic pulmonary suppuration with varying and, for the most part, indifferent results. In all probability, many cases of unidentified bronchiectasis were previously included under those obscure headings. Experience many years