. Roentgen diagnosis of diseases of the head . Fig. 19.—A posteroanterior plate of the head of P., Case 2, a man forty years oldwith a syphilitic osteoporosis chiefly limited to the right parietal Fig. 20.—A drawing of the plate in Fig. 19. 112 ROENTGEX DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES OF THE HEAD and percussion at. various places, and there was a history of the frequentappearance of painful swellings in the region of the skull vault. The roentgenogram of the skull showed extensive osteoporosis over agreat part of the vertex which corresponded to the typical picture of asyphilitic osteitis. At s
. Roentgen diagnosis of diseases of the head . Fig. 19.—A posteroanterior plate of the head of P., Case 2, a man forty years oldwith a syphilitic osteoporosis chiefly limited to the right parietal Fig. 20.—A drawing of the plate in Fig. 19. 112 ROENTGEX DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES OF THE HEAD and percussion at. various places, and there was a history of the frequentappearance of painful swellings in the region of the skull vault. The roentgenogram of the skull showed extensive osteoporosis over agreat part of the vertex which corresponded to the typical picture of asyphilitic osteitis. At section the roentgen finding was verified. Tuberculosis of the Skull In contrast to syphilis, tiil)erciilosis shows slight tendencyto attack the slaill. When present, the most common site is inthose bones which have air chambers (temporal and ethmoidbones). In these cases the bone always becomes affectedthrongh extension of the inflammation from a tubercnlonsmucous membrane. Tuberculosis is also found on the base ofthe skull in connection with tuberculosis of the upper cervicalvertebrae. From the jDctrous portion of the temporal bone, theethmoid bone and the occipital bone, the disease spreads wid
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