Abnormal X-ray Findings Research Articles

The significance of abnormal X-ray findings in duodenal tumor

The significance of abnormal X-ray findings in duodenal tumor

Benign surgical lesions of the cecum.

A variety of benign conditions occurring in the cecal area may occasionally present difficult preoperative or operative problems to the surgeon. These patients are encountered by the surgeon in 2 principal manners. First, by the finding of some abnormality on preoperative study by barium enema, and secondly by the occurrence of some visible or palpable lesion at the time of celiotomy. A group of 12 such cases (Table) has been collected and studied. Seven of these patients were operated on because of abnormal x-ray findings, and the remaining 5 were discovered because of an abnormal mass in the region of the cecum. In all 7 patients with preoperative barium enemas, carcinoma was seriously considered. In 4 of the 7 cases the benign condition encountered at operation was suggested in the differential diagnosis offered by the radiologist. Lesions occurring in the cecal area exclusive of appendicitis and malignant neoplasms may be

Cholecystectomy and its relation to gastric acid secretion.

In 1953 a study 1 of the effect of cholecystectomy upon the stomach and duodenum was carried out in an attempt to learn more about the distressing postcholecystectomy syndrome. In that investigation, 75 patients were submitted to a gastroduodenal x-ray series before cholecystectomy, and this procedure was repeated several months to two years following gallbladder removal. Although little light was shed upon the cause of the syndrome, it was demonstrated that post-cholecystectomy symptoms, such as colic, belching, indigestion, and heartburn, were not associated with abnormal x-ray findings of the stomach and duodenum. The present communication concerns itself with a further attempt to uncover more information about the pathological physiology and clinical disturbances which sometimes occur after gallbladder excision. Persistent pain and indigestion after cholecystectomy have been attributed by Russell, Carter, Oppenheim, 2 and others to increased intraductal pressure resulting from sphincter of Oddi spasm, and they have labeled this condition

Bronchoscopy in hemoptysis.

AMONG the cardinal symptoms of respiratory disease, hemoptysis is, if not the most frequent, at least the most frightening experience and constitutes a stern warning for both patient and doctor. Years ago it was considered a certain sign of tuberculosis, especially in young people; it was recognized later as a possible sign of pulmonary cancer if the subject was relatively advanced in years. However, in a good many cases hemoptysis occurs without any apparent explanation. The present study is an attempt to correlate the result of bronchoscopy with abnormal x-ray findings in patients who have coughed up blood. Other variants, . . .

The Roentgenological Position of the Potential Interlobar Spaces

The interlobar fissures (potential interlobar spaces) are frequently the site of disease processes. These are usually in the nature of effusions, which may be transudates or exudates. Since clinical signs of interlobar effusions are lacking or difficult to interpret, the x-ray examination may be of great aid in establishing a differential diagnosis between intrapulmonary involvements and effusions into the interlobar spaces. An exact knowledge of the anatomical relationships of the potential interlobar spaces as they appear radiologically must be available before abnormal x-ray findings involving these fissures can be interpreted. The study herewith reported was undertaken to establish the roentgenologic position of the interlobar fissures. The course of the major fissures on both sides is from the level of the spinous process of the third dorsal vertebra posteriorly, obliquely downward and forward to the costochondral articulation of the sixth rib anteriorly. On the right side another fissure extends hor...