. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . ptom was often associated with what thepatient described as wheezes in the the past ten days a slight cough, ac-companied with some blood-tinged ex-pectoration and an afternoon temperature ° to 100° F., had been present. Physical examination of the chest re-vealed moist rales over the front and back ofthe right hilum. Fluoroscopic study .showedan enlarged right lung-root shadow. Stereoplates revealed a small, distinct, clean-cut,rounded shadow in the upper part of theright lung root. This shadow mea
. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . ptom was often associated with what thepatient described as wheezes in the the past ten days a slight cough, ac-companied with some blood-tinged ex-pectoration and an afternoon temperature ° to 100° F., had been present. Physical examination of the chest re-vealed moist rales over the front and back ofthe right hilum. Fluoroscopic study .showedan enlarged right lung-root shadow. Stereoplates revealed a small, distinct, clean-cut,rounded shadow in the upper part of theright lung root. This shadow measured in width and was spheroidal in shape(). Sputum contained no acid-fastbacilli or elastic tissue. Wassermann nega-tive. Complement fixation test for neg-ative. No leukocytosis or eosinophilia. The patient was placed on absolute resttreatment and all symptoms subsided rap-idlv, entirely disappearing in two weeks orapproximately four weeks from the appear- ? Society, Grand Rapids, Micb., April 13, 1921. 555 An Unusual Case of Pulmonary Neoplasm. Fig. I. Stereo plates showing a small rounded sh dow in the upper part of the right lung root. ance of the first symptoms. The patient re-sumed her duties as pupil-nurse and workedsteadily without interruption or indisposi-tion, except for a slight unproductive cough,until April 7, 1920, a period of nearly tenmonths, when she had a recurrence of herformer symptoms. These again disappearedafter ten days rest in bed. Stereo plates atthis time showed that the right hilar shadowhad about doubled in size (7 x7^4 cm.; ). A few sibilant rales were heard over thecorresponding surface area in front. Noleukocytosis. No eosinophilia. Complement fixation for negative. Complement fix-ation with \\inebergs antigen for echino-coccic infection negative. Wassermann neg-ative. No acid-fast bacilli were found in thesputum. On July 2, 1920. the patient resumed herduties and remained free from symptomsand apparently w
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