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By Giovanni DiChiro, MD. Price $25. Pp 343. Charles C Thomas Publisher, 301-327 E Lawrence Ave, Springfield, Ill 62703, 1971.

D. Gordon Potts, MD, Reviewer

Arch Neurol. 1971;25(3):282-283.

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As Dr. DiChiro has pointed out, there has been a shift of emphasis in neuroradiology in recent years. More and more attention has been given to cerebral angiography and brain scanning. Angiography is the primary special study for most intracranial mass lesions and for vascular lesions. In many cases the information required is obtained by angiography and the patient is not subjected to pneumoencephalography. Thus, in the modern application of these studies, pneumoencephalography is generally used for lesions that are difficult or impossible to diagnose by angiography. Often these lesions are not easily diagnosed by pneumoencephalography, and so, at a time when the emphasis on pneumoencephalography is declining, the diagnostic problems encountered are becoming more difficult.

The author gives a brief description of his technique of pneumoencephalography including linear tomography with a Siemen's planigraph and axial transverse encephalography. There are almost 300 reproductions of radiographs obtained during pneumoencephalography, many with . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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