[Radiologic densitometry in the evaluation of disorders of bone mineral density in patients with diabetes mellitus].

Presents a quantitative assessment of the total content of minerals in bones of 50 diabetics and 50 controls, carried out by a modified photodensitometric procedure. The data evidence a significant reduction of the mineral content in the bones of diabetes mellitus patients, this permitting an earlier detection of osteoporosis in the course of diabetes.

[Roentgenopneumopolygraphy in the diagnosis of lung cancer].

Studies on the pulmonary respiration function in lung cancer patients by roentgenopneumopolygraphy allowed determining some reduction in the level of the lung parenchyma ventilatory activity on average up to 0.20 +/- 0.02 unit of optic density.

[Osteoarticular changes in the feet in diabetes mellitus according to the data of roentgenological examination].

In roentgenological examination of 40 patients suffering from diabetes mellitus bone and articular changes were revealed in 65% of cases. They were equally incident in patients of both sexes. These changes did not depend directly on the severity and duration of diabetes mellitus, although they were more frequent in persons with the widespread micro- and macroangiopathies and other complications of this disease.