. American X-ray journal . bed. The isolated pelvic ureter is thussafely palpated. To our surprise the pel-vic ureter did not contain palpable ure-teral calculi. However, the problem was distinctlysolved by finding in the exact locationand course of the ureter indicated by theRoentgen ray three phlcboliths distinct incontour, dimension and location. Thephlcboliths were easily located and re-moved. After removal they were exposedon an x-ray plate and presented shadowsas definite in contour and dimensions asthe original shadows. The patient madean uneventful recovery and was in goodcondition fou
. American X-ray journal . bed. The isolated pelvic ureter is thussafely palpated. To our surprise the pel-vic ureter did not contain palpable ure-teral calculi. However, the problem was distinctlysolved by finding in the exact locationand course of the ureter indicated by theRoentgen ray three phlcboliths distinct incontour, dimension and location. Thephlcboliths were easily located and re-moved. After removal they were exposedon an x-ray plate and presented shadowsas definite in contour and dimensions asthe original shadows. The patient madean uneventful recovery and was in goodcondition four weeks after the lesson to be learned in this case isthat phlcboliths which are not of unfre-quent occurrence in the pelvic veins willcast a shadow of distinct contour, loca-tion and dimension. The phlebolith castsa shadow of more definite contour and lo-cation than the ureteral calculus. Be-sides, the phleboliths shadows are liableto be bilateral though in unequal num-bers on each side. Since the error pro-. Fig. 3.—Represents three distinct phlebolithson the right side in a patient. Figures 2 and 3 are both x-rayed and diagnosed
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