TEN YEARS' EXPERIENCE WITH THOROTRAST HEPATOSPLENOGRAPHY
Authors: Wallace M. Yater, Fred O. Coe
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1943)

Article1 March 1943TEN YEARS' EXPERIENCE WITH THOROTRAST HEPATOSPLENOGRAPHYWALLACE M. YATER, M.D., F.A.C.P., FRED O. COE, M.D.WALLACE M. YATER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, FRED O. COE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-18-3-350 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAlmost 11 years ago we began to employ thorium dioxide sol intravenously for the purpose of demonstrating radiographically the liver and spleen as first used by Radt1, 2, 3, 4 and Oka.5, 6 Since that time we have used this method of diagnosis in more than 300 patients. This figure does not include the many cases of arterial and venous disease in which we have used smaller amounts of thorotrast‡ for angiography.In 1933 Yater and Otell7published a report of our clinical experience with 100 patients, and in 1936 Yater, Otell and Hussey8reported a follow-up study of 200...Bibliography1. RADT P: Eine Methode zur röntgenologischen Kontrastdarstellung von Milz und Leber, Klin. Wchnschr., 1929, viii, 2128-2129. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. RADT P: Über die körnige Ablagerung colloider Farbstoffe in den Leberparenchymzellen von Kanninchen nach intravitaler Injektion (nach Versuchen mit Tusche und Eisen), Ztschr. f. d. ges. exper. Med., 1930, lxix, 721-741. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. RADT P: Zur röntgenologischen Kontrastdarstellung von Leber und Milz, Verhandl. d. deutsch. Gesellsch. f. inn. Med., Kong., 1931, xliii, 443-451. Google Scholar4. 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C.*Read at the St. Paul meeting of the American College of Physicians, April 24, 1942.From the Departments of Medicine and Radiology of the Georgetown University and Gallinger Municipal Hospitals, Washington, D. C.†From the Radiological Clinic of Drs. Groover, Christie and Merritt.‡Thorotrast is the trade name given by the Heyden Chemical Company to its stabilized colloidal solution of thorium dioxide, which contains 25 per cent by volume of thorium dioxide. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byInvestigation and treatment of arterial disturbances in the lower limbsOsteosarcoma associated with thorotrast administration. 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