. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . divertic-ulitis. The history and physical examinationas well as the laboratory findings are of theutmost importance in making this differenti-ation. In studying the ,r-ray plates there areone or two points which one must bear inmind when considering the possibility ofcancer or diverticulitis. In the first place, the .r-ray appearance ofdiverticulitis tends to remain constant evenover long periods of time. If malignant dis-ease is present, repeated examinations showa progressing lesion. If in a continued studyof a di
. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . divertic-ulitis. The history and physical examinationas well as the laboratory findings are of theutmost importance in making this differenti-ation. In studying the ,r-ray plates there areone or two points which one must bear inmind when considering the possibility ofcancer or diverticulitis. In the first place, the .r-ray appearance ofdiverticulitis tends to remain constant evenover long periods of time. If malignant dis-ease is present, repeated examinations showa progressing lesion. If in a continued studyof a diverticulitis case we find a portion ofthe involved area beginning to change itscontour, one must be suspicious of a begin-ning malignancy. Cancer, in general, is an intra-intestinalgrowth. The growth is in the wall of thecolon, extending into the lumen and defi-nitely circumscribed. The tumor mass in di-verticulitis is outside the intestinal wall, be-ing a pericolitis or perisigmoiditis. It is notdefinitelv circumscribed. 5o8 The Roentgen Ray in Diverticulitis of the Colon. Fig. 25. Same Case as FigAT Point A. Operationinflammatorv tissue. 24, Showing Constrictionshowed this to be chronic
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