. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . ar_\- 3rd and 5th. Ex-amination of the roentgenograms of the lowerdorsal region shows a definite lesion which ischaracterized by destruction of the interverte-bral disc and erosion of the bodies of the ver-tebrae. Just below and to the right of thespinous process of the nth there is a denseshadow in which there is evidence of cal-cification. Probable diagnosis, tuberculosis, butsarcoma considered (Figs, i and 2). Laminectomy done on February 5th. Patho-logical report: Chondrosarcoma. Case II (Hospital No. 21128
. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . ar_\- 3rd and 5th. Ex-amination of the roentgenograms of the lowerdorsal region shows a definite lesion which ischaracterized by destruction of the interverte-bral disc and erosion of the bodies of the ver-tebrae. Just below and to the right of thespinous process of the nth there is a denseshadow in which there is evidence of cal-cification. Probable diagnosis, tuberculosis, butsarcoma considered (Figs, i and 2). Laminectomy done on February 5th. Patho-logical report: Chondrosarcoma. Case II (Hospital No. 211282.) Female. Age, fifty-five. Admitted October24, 1916. Present Illness.—x\bout fourteen monthsago, while gardening, patient suddenly ex-perienced extreme pain in her left leg. Elevenmonths later, the right leg became similarlyafl^ected. Treatment previous to entrance hadbeen morphine for the relief of the intensepain which is persistent. Physical Examination .—The patient appearsto be in great pain, the history being obtained 5/6 Primary Sarcoma of the \>rtebrae. Fig. I. Fig. 2. Fig. I. Case i. Lateral view of the lower dorsal spine. Note the similarity to tuberculosis of the spine,but erosion of the anterior surfaces of the two bodies designated by the arrows suggests the true na-ture of the lesion. (From the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital Records.) Fig. 2. Case l. Note the extensive destruction on the anterior margins of the designated vertebrae,with only slight narrowing of the intervertebral space. between groans. The legs and hips are com-plained bf most severely. Knee-jerks activeand equal. No Babinski. Doubtful clonus onthe left. No discoverable change to touch, dif-ferentiation between sharp and dull, andtenijierature stimuli, except on the lower legwhere all seem somewhat diminished, butwithout definite limitation. Tenderness overthe third and fourth lumbar vertebrae. Roentgen examinations were made onOctober 25th and 26th, and November 2ndand 7th. The
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