Roentgen diagnosis of diseases of the head . e plump (see Fig. 51). Case 3.—XL, acromegaly. In the roentgenogram, the skull was 6 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 of fingers andface in recent years. The roentgenogram showed a strikingly thick cranium. The sella was slightly wider and the dorsum somewhat thinner than normal. (See Fig. 52.) Case 5.—J. K., male, forty-two years old. For several months patienthad manifested psychic changes resembling paralytic dementia.
Roentgen diagnosis of diseases of the head . e plump (see Fig. 51). Case 3.—XL, acromegaly. In the roentgenogram, the skull was 6 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 of fingers andface in recent years. The roentgenogram showed a strikingly thick cranium. The sella was slightly wider and the dorsum somewhat thinner than normal. (See Fig. 52.) Case 5.—J. K., male, forty-two years old. For several months patienthad manifested psychic changes resembling paralytic dementia. Wasser-mann reaction positive. Acromegalic habitus. The roentgenogram showed the sella turcica enlarged to a slight degree,ideailv deepened in the region of the dorsum sellae. (See Fig. 53.) The INTRACRANIAL DISEASES 179 accessory sinuses were decidedly enlarged. The postmortem finding, obtaineda few weeks later, confirmed the existence of an adenoma of the hypophysiscombined with an atrophy of the brain characteristic for Fig. 49.—A dextrosinistral 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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