The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine (1906) (14570999180)
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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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with the transperi-toneal methods of producing artificialpneumoperitoneum, and in his hands themethod has become established as a valuableadjunct in gynecological diagnosis. MULTIPLE OSTEOCHONDROMATA^ By BERNARD PIERRE WIDAIANN, m.d. PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA TF we were to stop after a careful review-■■of the scant American literature on mul-tiple cartilaginous exostosis, we should prob-ably conclude that the condition is obscureand rare. Ehrenfried^ in 1916 contrilnited a mostcomplete and detailed review of this subject,comprising a study of reported cases largelyfrom the English literature, in which he dem- Hereditary Deforming Chondro- Exostoses. plasia, Multiple Cartilaginous Exostoses,Ossified Diathesis, Multiple Cancellous Ex-ostoses, Rachitiform Enchondrosis, Chon-dral Dysplasia, and Multiple Congenital Os-teochondromata, are names that have beenapplied to this condition. - It is a definitepathologic entity due to an anomoly inossification of temporary cartilage. There is
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Fig. I. True liony union lietween lower ends of radius and ulna. Thickened and shortened lower end of ulna. onstrates clearly that the condition is notrare, but a rather common occurrence. Whether it is considered unimportant, orcommon, or obscure, every case presentssome unusual or striking characteristic,either as to history, skeletal deformity, orconcomitant sequelae. This .should stimulateinterest and study of these unusual phenom-ena as to their nature, extent, and frequencyof occurrence, and they should be of partic-ular interest from a roentgenological pointof view. There has been no common acceptedstandard of terminology. Virchow estab-lished the name of Multiple Cartilaginous as yet considerable variance of opinion asto its etiology. Ehrenfried characterizes theconditions as the occurrence of multiple,more or less symmetrical cartilaginous andosteocartilaginous growths, within and onthe the skeletal system, generally benign andresulting from a disturbance in the prolifera-tio