. Roentgen diagnosis of diseases of the head . , acromegaly. In the roentgenogram, the skull was (3 mm. thick, spongy. The sellawas slightly deepened, the dorsum was shortened (similar to the drawing ofCase 2). Case 4.—B. M., female, forty years old. Enlargement (if fingers andface in recent years. Tlie roentgenogram showed a strikingly thick cranium. The sella wasslightly wider and the dorsum sdmowliat thinner than normal. (See Fig. 52.) Case 5.—J. K., male, forty-two ycais old. For several months patienthad manifested psychic changes resembling paralytic dementia. ^Vasser-mann reaction posit
. Roentgen diagnosis of diseases of the head . , acromegaly. In the roentgenogram, the skull was (3 mm. thick, spongy. The sellawas slightly deepened, the dorsum was shortened (similar to the drawing ofCase 2). Case 4.—B. M., female, forty years old. Enlargement (if fingers andface in recent years. Tlie roentgenogram showed a strikingly thick cranium. The sella wasslightly wider and the dorsum sdmowliat thinner than normal. (See Fig. 52.) Case 5.—J. K., male, forty-two ycais old. For several months patienthad manifested psychic changes resembling paralytic dementia. ^Vasser-mann reaction positive. Acromegalic haliitus. The roentgenogram showed the sella turcica enlarged to a slight degree,clearly deepened in tlie region of llie dmsum sella?. (See Fig. 5P>.) The I XTkACUA \ IAI, DISEASES 17!) aocossorv simisos wcic (Iccidcilly ciiliirj^cMl. Tlic postmortem fiiidiiiy;, ohtaincda few wcoks latci, coidirnud tlic cxistiiice of an adenoma of tlir )inod witli an atrophy of the lirain cliaractoristie for Fig. 49.—A dexfrosinistral picture of a case* of acromegaly having a slight amountof erosion of the sella as it appears in profile. There was a tumor of the hypophysis.
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