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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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ht lung field is occupied by a diftuseheavy shadow, probably consolidation of))neum()nia. .Additional findings: Both scapu-lae lie much higher than normal. Slight al-teration of the upper ribs, posteriorly. Diagnosis. Bilateral, complicated Spreng-els deformity; lobar pneumonia of upperright lung. Case V (Referred by Dr. Grant W. Sill).Girl, aged eight, white, of well-to-do parents,family history negative for similar defects.Patient is of robust figure, well developedand well nourished. The neck is shorter thanis normally proportionate. Patient makes nocomplaint of any kind. Her parents wish toknow why her neck is so short. No historyof injury or disease of spine (Fig.i). X-Ray Shadou Analysis. A bilateral ele-vation of the shoulders, faultv developmentof the lower cervical and upper dorsal spine,spina bifida occulta and rib osteo-anastomo-sis, no changes in the shoulder joints proper,both scapulae lie higher in relation to the 6^8 Tb.e Rocnti^cnolooical Aspects of Sprengels Deformity
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Fig. 3. Dr. Moores case. ribs than nornial. literally filling the base ofthe neck. Diagnosis. Congenital Ijilateral elevationof shoulders, complicated type. Case VI (Referred by Dr. FrederickMueller). A boy, aged eighteen, white, Jew-ish, normal physicjue. weight 118 lbs. Nohistory of diseases or injury of the spine orshoulder. Has had childrens diseases, fluand pleurisy. Says the right shoulder was al-ways higher than the left as long as he can remember. Right arm tires easily. Sometimesdrives his empk^yers automobile on longtrips and finds that he has to do most of thesteering with the left hand, as the grip of theright gets weak and numb. The right arm iscarried higher than the left, which makes itappear shorter but there is no actual differ-ence in the length of the arm (Fig.2). X-Ray Shadoic Analysis. The right scap-ula lies higher than the left. The bones of theleft shoulder are normal; osteo-anastomosisof the second, third, and fourth ribs on the A Modification of Technique for

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