LIVER AND SPLEEN VISUALIZATION BY A SIMPLE ROENTGEN CONTRAST METHOD
Authors: S ZELMAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1951)

Article1 February 1951LIVER AND SPLEEN VISUALIZATION BY A SIMPLE ROENTGEN CONTRAST METHODSAMUEL ZELMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.SAMUEL ZELMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-34-2-466 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThere can be little question of the diagnostic value of roentgen visualization of the size, shape and position of the liver and spleen. A number of methods have been described previously for its accomplishment. The simple abdominal flat plate will frequently demonstrate partial outlines of these organs, if stomach and intestinal gas shadows are fortuitously present. Displacements of the barium-filled digestive tract may provide the clue to liver or spleen enlargements. Thus, an enlarged spleen displaces the stomach to the right and produces a smooth pressure defect on the greater curvature; the colon is displaced downward and to the right....Bibliography1. Martin CL: Roentgenologic studies of the liver and spleen, Am. J. Roentgenol. 37: 633-643, 1937. Google Scholar2. YaterCoe WMFO: Ten years' experience with thorotrast hepatosplenography, Ann. Int. Med. 18: 350-366, 1943. LinkGoogle Scholar3. McMahonMurphyBates HEASMI: Endothelial cell sarcoma of liver following thorotrast injections, Am. J. Path. 23: 585-595, 1947. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. SpierCluffUrry JLEWD: Aplastic anemia following administration of thorotrast, J. Lab. and Clin. Med. 32: 147-154, 1947. MedlineGoogle Scholar5. ReevesStuck DLRM: Clinical and experimental results with thorotrast, Medicine 17: 37-73, 1938. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. Berg HH: Roentgenologic examination of liver, Ztschr. f. klin. Med. 135: 562, 1939. Abstracted in J. A. M. A. 112: 1774-1775, 1939. Google Scholar7. Pfahler GE: Measurement of the liver by means of roentgen rays based on a study of 502 subjects, Am. J. Roentgenol. 16: 558-564, 1926. Google Scholar8. DellKlinefelter JMHF: Roentgen studies of the spleen, Am. J. M. Sc. 211: 437-442, 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. OsgoodHabbe CWJE: A clinical and roentgenologic study of factors influencing the palpability of the liver, Radiology 21: 66-76, 1933. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. RivesRomanoSandifer JDSAFM: Carcinoma of the pancreas, Surg., Gynec. and Obst. 65: 164-177, 1937. Google Scholar11. RatnoffPatek ODAJ: The natural history of Laennec's cirrhosis of the liver. An analysis of 386 cases, Medicine 21: 244-246, 1942. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. Löffler C: Leber und Milz im Röntgenbild, München. med. Wchnschr. 61: 763-764, 1914. Google Scholar13. Meyer-Betz F: Methode und klinische Bedeutung der Darstellung der Leber im Röntgenbild, München. med. Wchnschr. 61: 810-813, 1914. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication February 26, 1949.Presented at the Regional Meeting of The American College of Physicians, Wichita, Kansas, April 29, 1949.From the Medical and Roentgenologic Services, Winter Veterans Administration Hospital.Published with permission of the Chief Medical Director, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Veterans Administration, who assumes no responsibility for the opinions expressed or conclusions drawn by the author. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDetermination of liver volume by the use of a gamma camera connected with 1600 or 4096 channel analyser in diffuse liver diseases.Das PfortadergebietLiver cell necrosis in chlorpromazine jaundice (allergic cholangiolitis)Adult agammaglobulinemia associated with multiple congenital anomaliesClinical diagnosis of liver diseaseRoentgen and Autopsy Evaluation of Percussion of the Liver and SpleenHEPATOMEGALY AND DIABETES MELLITUS*JOSEPH I. GOODMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Juvenile cirrhosis of the liver 1 February 1951Volume 34, Issue 2Page: 466-478KeywordsColonGastrointestinal tractLiverResearch laboratoriesSpleenSplenomegalyStomachSurgery Issue Published: 1 February 1951 PDF downloadLoading ...