Prevalence of cardiac and aortic enlargement in rheumatoid arthritis and its relationship to some characteristics of the patients. A radiological and clinical study.

The chest radiographs of 309 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were compared with those of 309 controls matched for sex and age. Cardiac enlargement was more frequent in RA females than in controls (P less than 0.05) and the frequency of aortic shadow enlargement was higher in RA patients aged greater than or equal to 60 years than in controls (P less than 0.

Results of lymphography in early mycosis fungoides.

Lymphography was performed in 28 patients with mycosis fungoides. In 22 of the patients, the investigation took place prior to 2 months after the diagnosis was established, and in 7 of these lymphography was made before the histological verification of mycosis fungoides was possible. Five patients with widespread, persistent and severe atopic dermatitis served as controls.

Prevalence of pulmonary involvement in rheumatoid arthritis and its relationship to some characteristics of the patients. A radiological and clinical study.

The chest radiographs of 309 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were compared with those of 309 controls. In RA, lung nodules were present in 0.3% and pleural effusion in 0.

Gallbladder emptying with ceruletide in oral cholecystography.

In a consecutive series of 148 patients the gallbladder emptying in oral cholecystography was investigated after administration of ceruletide given in doses of 0.3 microgram/kg body weight intramuscularly and 0.03 and 0.