THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES OF THE LIVER AND SPLEEN WITH THE AID OF ROENTGENOGRAPHY AFTER THE INTRAVENOUS INJECTION OF THORIUM DIOXIDE SOL (THOROTRAST): EXPERIENCE WITH EIGHTY PATIENTS
Authors: Wallace M. Yater, Laurence S. Otell
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1933)

Article1 September 1933THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES OF THE LIVER AND SPLEEN WITH THE AID OF ROENTGENOGRAPHY AFTER THE INTRAVENOUS INJECTION OF THORIUM DIOXIDE SOL (THOROTRAST): EXPERIENCE WITH EIGHTY PATIENTSWALLACE M. YATER, M.D., F.A.C.P., LAURENCE S. OTELL, M.D.WALLACE M. YATER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, LAURENCE S. OTELL, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-7-3-381 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMany reports have appeared in medical literature within the last three years concerning results with a newly developed method of visualizing the liver and spleen. Einhorn and Stewart1 were apparently the first to undertake the development of a method of this kind (1927). They made roentgen-ray films of the liver after the oral administration of tetraiodophenolphthalein and diiodoatophan and were able to demonstrate carcinoma and cirrhosis of the liver. The results, however, were not striking.In 1928 Radt2,3,4,5in his clinic at the University of Berlin, began work to develop such a method on the basis of the theory that...Bibliography1. EINHORNSTEWART MWH: On hepatography, Med. Jr. and Rec., 1927, cxxvi, 430-433. Google Scholar2. RADT P: Eine Methode zur röntgenologischen Kontrastdarstellung von Milz und Leber, Klin. Wchnschr., 1929, viii, 2128-2129. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. RADT P: Über die körnige Ablagerung kolloider Farbstoffe in den Leberparenchymzellen von Kaninchen nach intravitaler Injektion (nach Versuchen mit Tusche and Eisen), Ztzchr. f. d. ges. exper. Med., 1930, lxix, 721-741. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. RADT P: Zur röntgenologischen Kontrastdarstellung von Leber und Milz, Verhandl. d. deutsch. Gesellsch. f. inn. 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LOONEY, M.D.Renal arteriography 1 September 1933Volume 7, Issue 3Page: 381-395KeywordsAIDSCirrhosisDiagnostic radiologyHospitalsIntravenous injectionsLiverLiver diseasesOral administrationSpleen ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1933 PDF downloadLoading ...