Roentgen diagnosis of diseases of the head . Fig. 90.—A dextrosinistral picture of the head of Case 3, page 234. It shows extremeenlargement and an increase in the number of the diploic veins. ot0f^--. /ti^3 Fig. 91.—A sketch of 90 intended to bring out more clearly the outlines of thevenous canals to be seen there. Case 6.—W. V., girl, six years old. Symptoms of a brain tumor. On the roentgenogram the skull was 1 to 2 mm. thick, veins widened,impressions more than normally prominent, and the mastoid emissary wasstrikingly large. 236 ROENTGEN DIAGNOSIS OP DISEASES OF THE HEAD The followin


Roentgen diagnosis of diseases of the head . Fig. 90.—A dextrosinistral picture of the head of Case 3, page 234. It shows extremeenlargement and an increase in the number of the diploic veins. ot0f^--. /ti^3 Fig. 91.—A sketch of 90 intended to bring out more clearly the outlines of thevenous canals to be seen there. Case 6.—W. V., girl, six years old. Symptoms of a brain tumor. On the roentgenogram the skull was 1 to 2 mm. thick, veins widened,impressions more than normally prominent, and the mastoid emissary wasstrikingly large. 236 ROENTGEN DIAGNOSIS OP DISEASES OF THE HEAD The following case shows the existence of a widened Pac-chionian fossa at the site of a circumscribed headache: Case 7.—K. B>., male, fifty years old. Headache for twenty-seven yearsin a circumscribed place on the right parietal region. The roentgenogram showed a very marked thinning of the skull wall atthis point, which, from the shape, was to be considered as caused by a vein his plexus (Pacchionian body). Skull Thickening in Consequence of ChronicallyIncreased Intracranial Pressure In the discussion of hyperostosis of the skull, mention wasmade of the occurrence of thickening of the inner table


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