. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . Fig. 3b and c. Case III. Note that a and b were made one year apart, while c was made two years after b. of motion and the changes shown by the The flattening or crushing of the epiphy- roentgenogram remain to identify the proc- sis and broadening of the neck of the femuress. Ankylosis and fixed flexion of abduc- are the salient features. The flattening of. Fig. 4. Case IV. Bilateral healed osteochondritis delornLins juvenilis. Served in world war. tion, which are so common after tubercu- the epiphysis is progressiv


. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . Fig. 3b and c. Case III. Note that a and b were made one year apart, while c was made two years after b. of motion and the changes shown by the The flattening or crushing of the epiphy- roentgenogram remain to identify the proc- sis and broadening of the neck of the femuress. Ankylosis and fixed flexion of abduc- are the salient features. The flattening of. Fig. 4. Case IV. Bilateral healed osteochondritis delornLins juvenilis. Served in world war. tion, which are so common after tubercu- the epiphysis is progressive, being slight at lous hip-joint disease, do not occur. hrst, and increasing till the epiphysis loses The roentgenogram, when once seen, is its rounded outline and is reduced to a very typical, so much so that most writers flattened plate or disc, often divided into 704 Osteochondritis Deformans Juvenilis several segments. Later these appear tofuse, and the whole is finally united to thediaphysis. There is no hazing or cloudingof the joint. The upper part of the femoral neck isseen to iaroadcn, and becomes, as it were,rounded off. Coincident with this broaden-ing there is a gradual shortening of the neckas a whole and an increased density(eburnation). At first sight the angle ofincfination between the neck and shaftof the femur would appear to be lessened,with the development of consequent coxa


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