[Limits, potentials and prospects of x-ray study in the diagnosis of adrenal changes]

Data of clinical and x-ray examinations of the adrenals in 250 patients with various endocrine diseases are analyzed. The author considers a correctly performed pneumographic examination of the adrenals to be an effective method for the diagnosis of the diseases of this organ of internal secretion. In some cases pneumography of the adrenals should be supplemented with other x-ray examination methods (angiography, infusion urography) or scintigraphy. If a pneumographic examination fails (due to bad preparedness of the patient, or insufficient quantity of the infused gas, or features of the retroperitoneal fat, or retroperitoneal fat adhesions, etc.) it is undesirable to repeat it. Other types of x-ray examination or scanning should be performed in such cases.