Identifier: americanjournroen07ameruoft (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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divertic-ulitis. The history and physical examinationas well as the laboratory findings are of theutmost importance in making this differenti-ation. In studying the ,r-ray plates there areone or two points which one must bear inmind when considering the possibility ofcancer or diverticulitis. In the first place, the .r-ray appearance ofdiverticulitis tends to remain constant evenover long periods of time. If malignant dis-ease is present, repeated examinations showa progressing lesion. If in a continued studyof a diverticulitis case we find a portion ofthe involved area beginning to change itscontour, one must be suspicious of a begin-ning malignancy. Cancer, in general, is an intra-intestinalgrowth. The growth is in the wall of thecolon, extending into the lumen and defi-nitely circumscribed. The tumor mass in di-verticulitis is outside the intestinal wall, be-ing a pericolitis or perisigmoiditis. It is notdefinitelv circumscribed. 5o8 The Roentgen Ray in Diverticulitis of the Colon
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Fig. 25. Same Case as FigAT Point A. Operationinflammatorv tissue. 24, Showing Constrictionshowed this to be chronic

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