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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
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Fig. (). liittiloiKH cclkction iif iliiid. Note the densehomogeneous shadow extending from the hilus tothe periphery; note also the rounded appearance ofthe outer margin. where pus is present, leaving only a smallpleural adhesion. Resolution of such aprocess usually requires six to eight weeks,however. Repeated roentgenographic ex-aminations will indicate the progress ofresolution, and will aid in determining theprognosis. Where the condition is veryextensive, however, the outlook for ulti-mate complete restoration to normal is notso good. Where any considerable amountof pus is present, or where it is evidentfrom repeated roentgenographic examina-tions that the condition is not progressingfavorably, surgical intervention and evac-uation of the pus may aid materially in the 360 A Study of Lobar Pneumonia and Its Pulmonary Complications
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Ill,. H). Iliat small collections (if pus, cither in tlic lunj: or ciitra;)pc(l between tlic layers ol jjleiira, oftenescape detection, is evidenced by this case. (A) Lower ri^ht-lobe pneumonia just after crisis. At this time aneedle was inserted and two drams of pus aspirated from somewhere within the involved area. (B) Plate madethree days after aspiration of pus. Note the network appearance of upper border and marked recession ofthe process. (O Plate made three weeks later, showing continued favorable but very slow resolution. (D)Plate two weeks later showing continued ^favorable resolution. Almost complete restoration to normal.Clinically the child had fully recovered. A Study of Lobar Pneumonia and Its Pulmonary Complications 361 ultimate recovery. By reason of theenmeshed character of the pus and its veryviscid consistency, it often happens thatsurgical inter\ention or any other methodof treatment is of little avail, and the pro-cess goes on to ultimate fibrosis (Fig. 12).The pl

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