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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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r fall, striking directly on the greater tro-chanter of the right femur. He sufferedconsiderable pain and it was with difficultyhe was able to walk to his home. He did notcomplain during the following few days,though he says he felt quite sore; and hismother insists that for several weeks follow-ing the accident he had a decided limp.For several weeks he was under the care ofa physician, and on January 13, 1921, hewas x-rayed by Drs. Hickey and Evans.The report follows. Plate made of the pelvis shows normal with enlargement of the superficial veins.Motion in all directions was restrictedand painful. On aspiration of the tumor by the sur-geon, a few drops of turbid fluid wereobtained, which, on microscopic examina-tion, revealed no information. Roentgen-ray examination of the pelvisshowed the left hip and trochanter normal.The epiphysis for the trochanter on theright side showed a definite area ofbone destruction on the superior and exter-nal aspects, extending down to the external r .
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lie. 1. Examination April 7, (921. Note the bonyirregularity on the diaphysis. Note the irregularityand destruction of the epiphysis for the greater tro-chanter. Note the infiltration in the soft structureabove the epiphysis. appearance of the head of the femur.The right trochanter in its epiphysealdevelopment shows marked irregularityand quite a change from the normalappearance, as indicated by the trochanterof the left side. We think there has been alocalized injury here which has resulted inirregular bone proliferation. There is alsoa slight change in the angle of the neck.We sec no change, however, in theepiphyseal line of the head of the femur,which we would exped if this were to beregarded as ,f adolescent rickets. Plate was made of the lemur which showsno evidence of injury to the shaft. Patient was Inst seen 1>\ us on April 7,1921. I Ic was a well-i ,eloped boy of thewashed-out blond type, presentinga tumorover the right hip posteriori) and laterally, Fig. 2. Examination Ja

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