The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine (1906) (14571126197)

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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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iblv 25 per cent of the chronic indurateddiverticulitis cases become malignant. But, in general, a patient who is well nour-ished and continues to maintain good nutri-tion in spite of symptoms; who has along pain, localizing in the left lower .quadrant; who presents at times a palp-able mass in the lov^-er left c;uadrant;usually who has not passed macroscopicblood ; who may present evidence of ves-ical fistulae, and with a negative sig-moidoscopic examination—such a pa-tient may reasonably have made a diag-nosis of chronic proliferative di\ert,-culitis. In carcinoma of the colon there is usu-ally an early loss of flesh. Pain is not aconstant symptom until obstructionsets in. Tenderness is a late finding.Blood, on the other hand, may be anearly finding. When tumor is present, itis permanent. From the other forms of pehic in-flammation it may be difficult to difter-entiate multiple diverticulitis. Left-sidedappendix can usually be ruled out by the,r-rays. In the presence of a palpable

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Fig. 12. Multiple Diverticltl.v After .\ Bar-ium ExEMA. A few small diverticula. Class I. left-sided tumor one must al\va\s considerdiverticulitis. Up to the i)resent time roentgenologistshave perfected no special technique for viz-

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1906

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