. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . en and somewhat tender. Slightnumbness of both legs. Marked RomI)erg. Kneejerks absent. Falls when walking around the of left knee shows a narrowed joint spaceand thickened soft parts. The appearance is that ofa chronic synovitis. Clinical diagnosis of tabeswas made. and should shift three cm. when the patientturns from the right lateral to the left lat-eral position. The fluoroscopic method ofnoting the respiratory excursion has alreadybeen described. Seven-foot plates made withthe patient lying first o
. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . en and somewhat tender. Slightnumbness of both legs. Marked RomI)erg. Kneejerks absent. Falls when walking around the of left knee shows a narrowed joint spaceand thickened soft parts. The appearance is that ofa chronic synovitis. Clinical diagnosis of tabeswas made. and should shift three cm. when the patientturns from the right lateral to the left lat-eral position. The fluoroscopic method ofnoting the respiratory excursion has alreadybeen described. Seven-foot plates made withthe patient lying first on one side, and thenon the other will demonstrate the lateralshift so that it can be measured. When ad-hesions occur between the pericardium andthe pleura, these two shifts are likely to bediminished or completely done away adhesions do not form out-side of the pericardium in all cases of peri-carditis. When a dense mass of fibrous ma-terial forms between the heart and pericard-ium, the left border often becomes a straight Roentgen Ray Cardiac Studies 3or. Fig. 8. Senile Heart. O. P. D. 325755. P. H. Negativeexcept for pain in the back beginning one and ahalf years ago. Never any nocturia. Cta. ceasedfourteen years ago. P. I. Now complains of constant dizziness andhot flashes. Occasional attacks of palpitation. Con-siderable pain at times over the eyes and in theback. Intermittent edema of the ankles. P. E. Patient is a white woman of sixty whoweighs 190 pounds. Pulse regular. Rate 80. A2 ac-centuated. No murmurs. Blood-pressure 220/104. Laboratory Tests. Wassermann negative. Urinenegative. line and the cardiac shadow assumes the tri-angular shape which has been described asa sign of adhesive pericarditis. No pulsationsor chamber curves are made out. becausefiguratively speaking the heart is held in avice of fibrous tissue. Figure 6 representssuch a case in which an endocarditis hasgone on to a pancarditis with extensive in-volvement of the pericardium. Needl
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