Albany medical annals . other than the subdeltoid, viz.: over the greatertrochanter of the femur and at the knee joint. The shadowsmay appear very shortly after an injury and have been observedto disappear almost as quickly. The shadows may be single ormultiple, resembling the shadows of calculi, but are sometimesso extensive as to suggest the extravasation of an opaque fluidinto the tissues. The operative findings would tend to show thatthe shadows are due to a calcareous deposit but it is difficult tobelieve that a calcareous deposit could be deposited so rapidlyand at times reabsorbed so qu
Albany medical annals . other than the subdeltoid, viz.: over the greatertrochanter of the femur and at the knee joint. The shadowsmay appear very shortly after an injury and have been observedto disappear almost as quickly. The shadows may be single ormultiple, resembling the shadows of calculi, but are sometimesso extensive as to suggest the extravasation of an opaque fluidinto the tissues. The operative findings would tend to show thatthe shadows are due to a calcareous deposit but it is difficult tobelieve that a calcareous deposit could be deposited so rapidlyand at times reabsorbed so quickly. Two cases were cited in the above-mentioned article in whichshadows similar to those found in the subdeltoid region werefound in other parts of the body. One of the cases was that of a woman who complained ofsymptorns suggestive of bursitis over the greater trochanter ofthe right femur. A roentgenogram was taken and a shadow * The American Journal of Orthopedic Surgery, Vol. XIV, No. 8, , August, Fig. 1.—Calcareous deposit in a bursa on the inner side of the knee. 56 ROENTGENOLOGICAL SHADOWS ASSOCIATED WITH BURSITIS suggestive of calcareous deposit was found. Under treatmentby use and hot packs the patient quickly recovered; but it wasnot possible at that time to obtain a second roentgenogram tosee whether or not the shadow over the trochanter the publication of that article the patient has again comeunder observation and a roentgenogram shows that the shadowin question has disappeared. The second case was that of a young man who injured theleft knee by a fall from a bridge. A roentgenogram was takensix days after the injury and showed a shadow on the outer sideof the knee joint. The leg and knee were put in a plaster castand three weeks later all traces of the shadow had disappeared. Recently a third case has come under observation in which ashadow suggesting calcareous deposit in a bursa has been foundin a region other than the subd
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