. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . reas of bone destruction,even with abscesses, often blend with areasof rarefaction, so that the outline of theabscess cavity is ill defined and the extentof the diseased bone cannot be told fromthe examination of the clinical symptoms must be kept inmind and the extent of the operation is in-dicated by the bone-softening, presence ofsequestra or pus. In quiescent cases oftubercular osteitis, the extent of bonedestruction or wall of abscess cavity isusually well defined on the roentgenogram,and a ge
. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . reas of bone destruction,even with abscesses, often blend with areasof rarefaction, so that the outline of theabscess cavity is ill defined and the extentof the diseased bone cannot be told fromthe examination of the clinical symptoms must be kept inmind and the extent of the operation is in-dicated by the bone-softening, presence ofsequestra or pus. In quiescent cases oftubercular osteitis, the extent of bonedestruction or wall of abscess cavity isusually well defined on the roentgenogram,and a general appearance of rarefactiontakes the place of the hazy tuberculosis of bone, we find no prolifer-ation of bone. We have rarefaction withoutbone gro^^th. Primarily, it is a joint dis-ease affecting the adjacent cancellousstructure and very seldom occurring incortical bone or the periosteum. As regardsthe prognosis in tubercular lesions of bone,the roentgen ray is of the utmost value inthe study of the progress of cases. 8o Roentgen Diagnosis of Bone Lesions.
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