Radiology in Syphilis

Radiology in syphilis.

Radiology finds useful application in almost all branches of medical science, in diagnosis, research, and teaching. In the daily medical approach to the diagnosis and cure of disease, the study of radiological features should frequently take us part of the way towards the understanding of an underlying pathological process. X rays can often point to the site, extent, and type of a lesion, and i...

Congenital Syphilis

Two cases of congenital syphilis was presented and few aspect of the disease and its treatment was discussed.

Comparison of echocardiography and radiology in the diagnosis of aortic root dilatation in Marfan's syndrome and in syphilis.

Aortic root dilatation was sought by echocardiography and radiology in 500 consecutive patients referred to an echocardiography laboratory from cardiac or medical clinics and wards. Forty-four of these patients (8.8%) had false echocardiographic evidence of aortic root dissection, but no clinical evidence of the disease. These false findings were attributed to the changing of the transducer ang...

Syphilis and Pseudo-Syphilis

Radiology in Bone and Articular Tuberculosis

In this article along with the brief review of the Radiologic signs of tuberculosis of the bones and joints there is emphasis on the out­standing sign's of the patients which we have seen in Iran. Tuberculosis of the vertebral column and specially paravertebral abscess is discussed. The prevalent signs of the disea·se in other bones and -joints are mentioned and different manifestations of tube...