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ROENTGENOLOGIC ASPECTS

WILLIS F. MANGES, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1930;12(6):732-738.

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The rôle of roentgenology in carcinoma of the bronchus, which probably means all primary carcinomas of the lungs, is twofold: diagnostic and therapeutic. The former is in a much better state of development than the latter. There are numerous excellent papers on roentgen diagnosis which emphasize the important points, but none of them has yet given a set of signs whereby the condition can at all times be diagnosed by this means alone. In my group of cases the final word of certainty is to be accredited in a large percentage to Dr. Chevalier Jackson and his associates. They not only get the evidence of direct vision, but also obtain tissue specimens for microscopic study so that the diagnosis is thus made, even as to the type of growth present.

In other parts of the body early diagnosis is an extremely important matter, because in certain locations . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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Footnotes
Submitted for publication, June 2, 1930.

Read at the Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the American Bronchoscopic Society, Atlantic City, N. J., May 27, 1930.

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