Roentgen diagnosis of diseases of the head . Fg. —Diffuse hyperostosis of the skull in the patient discussed in Case Fig. 26.—Sketch of picture in Fig. 25. V. Eiselsberg described some interesting cases of hyperosto-sis, the roentgenograms of which we had occasion to take, andthey are discussed beloAV. In our collection there are roentgenograms of several cases 136 ROENTGEN DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES OF THE HEAD (if diffuse or tumor-like hyperostosis. Several of these may becited here briefly: Case 1.—Boy, five years old. Imbecile. The skull appeared enlarged,hydrocephalic in shape, and as
Roentgen diagnosis of diseases of the head . Fg. —Diffuse hyperostosis of the skull in the patient discussed in Case Fig. 26.—Sketch of picture in Fig. 25. V. Eiselsberg described some interesting cases of hyperosto-sis, the roentgenograms of which we had occasion to take, andthey are discussed beloAV. In our collection there are roentgenograms of several cases 136 ROENTGEN DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES OF THE HEAD (if diffuse or tumor-like hyperostosis. Several of these may becited here briefly: Case 1.—Boy, five years old. Imbecile. The skull appeared enlarged,hydrocephalic in shape, and asymmetrical. At the root of the nose therewas a hemispherical prominence. The roentgen picture showed, as the cause of the enlargement of theskull, a thickening of the bone, spongy in character and chiefly in the regionof the frontal bone, and on the right side more than the left. The hyper-ostosis affected the outer surface of the skull and the root of the noseand amounted to 4 cm. in thickness. Case 2.—Boy, seven years old. Cerebral hemiplegia of the left skull showed externally a deformity, in that ther
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