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 ROENTGEN DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES OF THE HEAD ami percussion al 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 sect
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 ROENTGEN DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES OF THE HEAD ami percussion al 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 Tn contrast to syphilis, tuberculosis shows slight tendencyto attack the skull. When present, the most common site is inthose bones which have air chambers (temporal and ethmoidbones). In these eases the bone always becomes affectedthrough extension of the inflammation from a tuberculousmucous membrane. Tuberculosis is also found on the base ofthe skull in connection with tuberculosis of the upper cervicalvertebra. From the petrous portion of the temporal bone, theethmoid bone and the occipital bone, the disease spreads wideron th
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