The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine (1906) (14757298875)
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Identifier: americanjournroen09ameruoft (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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dinarily joined to the nasolacrymalduet with an end-to-end union, but wehave found in several eases a side-to-sidejoining. The outline of the sac and duct,as studied from the roentgenograms ofseveral of these eases, is seen to beextremely irregular and tortuous, and itis easy to see from the study of t hese plateswhy difficulty is often experienced inpassing probes on such eases. In this scries a number of negroes havebeen examined, and in practically everyease, the nasolacrymal passagewaj hasbeen wider and straighter than in thewhite race. Fernandez has arrived at a Roentgen-Ray Demonstration of the Nasolacrymal Passageways 385 similar conclusion, basing it on anatomic mediate forms between these two extremes studies. have been found. One of these cases pre- In the diseased or obstructed passage- sented a fistula running from the sac into ways, we have found two extremes: First, the ethmoid labyrinth, and one into the a very marked dilatation above the point soft tissues of the face.
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Fig. 8. Normal case shows side-to-side joining of sacand duct. Fig. 10. Lateral view of same case as Fig. 9