Identifier: americanjournroen08ameruoft (find matches)
Title: The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: American Radium Society American Roentgen Ray Society
Subjects: Radiotherapy X-rays
Publisher: Springfield, Ill. C.C. Thomas
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ommon in hysteria andis mentioned in all of the text books on ner-vous diseases. Two Unusual Chest Cases 33 On looking up the literature, however, Iam unable to find any cases reported inwhich .r-ray examination revealed the con-dition as shown here, except a case reportedby Pancoast in The American Journal ofRoentgenology, March, 1918, which maybe of the same type. He merely says, in re-gard to the case, that the girl was referredfor supposed esophageal stricture, but theobstruction in the esophagus was neuroticin origin. complains of soreness in the right hypochon-drium, most marked soon after eating; alsosome gnawing sensation in the chest, behindthe heart. These are relieved by belching ofgas after taking alkalies. Occasionally, dur-ing the past few years he has had to bringon vomiting by tickling the pharynx to getrelief. Of late the symptoms have been moreconstant and recently, having had a bron-chitis, he noticed a tendency to regurgitationwhen he coughed, especially when lying
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Fig. 2. Case 2. Plate made before meal showing Fig. 3. Case 3. Right lateral view showing stomachdilated stomach and esophagns in right mediasti- and esophagus with penetrating ulcer on lesser num. curvature of stomach just above incisura. Case II. Referred by Dr. E. P. Porter,for examination of the stomach and duode-num, January 30, 1920. History.—)\Iale, age fifty-eight; occupa-tion, salesman. Previous History.—Negative, except forordinary diseases of childhood. For the pasttwenty years or more the patient has hadmore or less digestive disturbances. Theseconsisted of some difficulty in swallowing,in that he had to eat or drink slowly becauseof some distress in the mediastinum when-ever he tried to eat or drink rapidly. He down. He has never noticed blood in thevomitus, which usually contained food takenseveral hours previousl). His weight wasconstant up to one year ago, but in the pastvear he has lost about ten pounds. The bow-els are constipated. Xo history of acute ab-dominal

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