[Computed tomography in the precise diagnosis of intracranial neoplasms]. / Komp'iuternaia tomografiia v utochnennoi diagnostike vnutricherepnykh novoobrazovanii.

Out of 687 patients examined with Soviet-made CPT-1000M computed tomograph, 37 were found to have brain neoplasia. The x-ray morphologic pattern of tumors was closely studied as well as densitometric indexes before and after contrast intensification. The said complex of data allowed differential diagnosis of brain pathology. In some cases, histologic pattern of tumor was suggested before it was actually identified.

[X-ray diagnosis of chronic traumatic lesions of the diaphragm]. / Rentgenodiagnostika khronicheskikh travmaticheskikh povrezhdenii diafragmy.

The authors analyze the clinical and x-ray findings in 24 patients with chronic traumatic injuries of the diaphragm. The clinical findings did not hint at a chronic traumatic injury of the diaphragm. The x-ray method was the principal in the diagnosis of the condition. A correct methodologic approach to the examination of a patient helped detect a chronic injury to the diaphragm virtually in all the cases and the type of the injury could be recognized by routine x-ray methods. Indications for the use of invasive methods of examinations were defined: pneumoperitoneum and bronchography. Computer-aided tomography failed to simplify the diagnosis of the condition in question, and in 10% of cases it was hardly informative. A scheme for staged x-ray examination of the patients has been developed with due consideration for the possible roentgeno-semiotic variants.