The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine (1906) (14757215392)
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Identifier: americanjournroen08ameruoft (find matches)
Title: The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: American Radium Society American Roentgen Ray Society
Subjects: Radiotherapy X-rays
Publisher: Springfield, Ill. C.C. Thomas
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto
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Fig. I. Pri.makv Carcixoma of the Lung. Fig. Bexigx Tumor—Pkoharly IntrathoracicGoiter. There are usually no earlv svmptoms thatare characteristic, ))ut there may be symp-toms to arouse suspicion and lead to thor-ough investigation. Among the earliest ofthese may be a slight discomfort—at timesamounting to pain—in an area correspond-ing to the liila of the lungs. There is often,also, a slight, gradually increasing dyspnea.Accompanying the discomfort and dyspneathere may be a dry, unproductiAe cough. If these symptoms lead to careful physi-cal examination of the chest, a small area ofdullness may be discovered, especially a wid-ening of the area of dullness about the rootof the lung. There may also be diminishedbreath sounds, but no rales. If roentgen ex- shadow which represents the pathologicalprocess itself is a more or less extensivearea, somewhat less dense than the tumorshadow, and quite homogeneous in charac-ter. This is caused by congestion in the sur-rounding lung and pro