. Röntgen ray diagnosis and therapy . nd postica shows cal-careous degeneration. In a case of sclerosis of both radial arteries (Eig. 58) the fore-arm, neck, femoral, and aortic regions were studied skiagraph-ically. Nowhere did the plates show any indications of degenera- CHEST 97 tion of an artery except on the forearm. From the negative stateof the other skiagraphs the conclusion was drawn that the pa-tients arteriosclerosis was confined to the radial and the anteriorinterosseous arteries—a limitation that harmonized with the goodgeneral condition and the absence of palpitation, dyspnoea, a
. Röntgen ray diagnosis and therapy . nd postica shows cal-careous degeneration. In a case of sclerosis of both radial arteries (Eig. 58) the fore-arm, neck, femoral, and aortic regions were studied skiagraph-ically. Nowhere did the plates show any indications of degenera- CHEST 97 tion of an artery except on the forearm. From the negative stateof the other skiagraphs the conclusion was drawn that the pa-tients arteriosclerosis was confined to the radial and the anteriorinterosseous arteries—a limitation that harmonized with the goodgeneral condition and the absence of palpitation, dyspnoea, andvertigo. As a rule, however, the sclerotic process is first recognisedin the region of the foot. Whenever patients between thirty andand sixty years of age, especially if they are addicted to smoking ordrinking, complain of rheumatic pains in the lower extremities,skiagraphic examination is indicated. Sclerosis and Osseous Degeneration of Veins.—The pathologicalchanges in the veins are similar to those observed in the arteries,. Fig. 58.—Arteriosclerosis. phlebosderosis (fibrous degeneration of the tunica intima) beingnearly as frequent as arteriosclerosis, but as a rule being of a lesserextent. Calcareous deposits in the veins are sometimes reportedas vein-stones, or phleboliths. But that there is a degenerationof the intima which shows real osseous structures seems not tohave found any attention. Fig. 59 shows the presence of per-fect osseous texture in the saphenous vein, as well as in the be-ginning of its ramifications, in a lady of fifty-six years. Weiss, of New York City, to whom the author is indebtedfor observing the case, found that the patient had suffered fromvaricose veins of both lower extremities for thirty years. Therewere frequent attacks of thrombophlebitis followed by dilatation 98 THE RONTGEtf RAYS as well as by cicatrization, the latter causing the signs of phlebitisobliterans on various portions. There was also a large ulcer fromwhich pr
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