Roentgen diagnosis of diseases of the head . Fig. 29.—An anteroposterior picture of a case of sarcomatous infiltration ofskull. Note the osteoporosis appearing in the vault. At one point the vault appito be perforated. the. OSTEOPHYTES Fig. 30.—Sketch of Fig. 29. Attention is called to the formation of osteophytes on the surface. Case 6.—G., female, fifty-five years old. Pulsating tumor of the skull. The roentgenogram showed, corresponding to this place, an extensive,indistinct, irregularly outlined defect of the bone. The neighboring tissuewas osteoporotic (metastasis from a carcinoma of the
Roentgen diagnosis of diseases of the head . Fig. 29.—An anteroposterior picture of a case of sarcomatous infiltration ofskull. Note the osteoporosis appearing in the vault. At one point the vault appito be perforated. the. OSTEOPHYTES Fig. 30.—Sketch of Fig. 29. Attention is called to the formation of osteophytes on the surface. Case 6.—G., female, fifty-five years old. Pulsating tumor of the skull. The roentgenogram showed, corresponding to this place, an extensive,indistinct, irregularly outlined defect of the bone. The neighboring tissuewas osteoporotic (metastasis from a carcinoma of the thyroid gland). 144 ROENTGEN DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES OP THE HEAD We will add here a peculiar case of sarcoma of the wholeskull. Case 7.—D., child, three years old. Showed a broadened head, swellingof the soft tissues, and a bluish discoloration of the skin. The roentgenogram revealed extensive osteoporosis of the whole skullvault, on the outer surface of which were needle-like osteophytes 2-3 arranged in the manner of a halo. (See Figs. 29 and 30.) Sectionshowed sarcoma of the skull. Cases of osteoma and sarcoma of the base of the skull andthe bones of the face are cited in the discussion of eye, nose, a
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