[Anti-HTLV III antibodies in the personnel of a hospital in the Campania region]. / Ricerca di anticorpi anti-HTLV III tra il personale di un ospedale della regione Campania.

The authors have effected an epidemiological research on 417 employees of the "Centro Traumatologico Ortopedico" (CTO) Hospital of Naples (Italy) in order to locate the anti-HTLV III antibodies. The obtained result alloweds to point out the low percentage of positivity (0.2%), therefore the authors concluded that the professional risk of infection with HTLV III is very low among the hospital employees.

[Frontal radiogram of the thorax in the present-day diagnosis of the mediastinum. Technic of execution and semeiology]. / Il radiogramma frontale del torace nella moderna diagnostica del mediastino. Tecnica di esecuzione e semeiologia.

The advantages of high kilovoltage and pulmonary filters in frontal chest X ray are described, underliing the possibility of a simultaneous demonstration of both pulmonary fields and mediastinal structures. A description is given of the most important mediastinal lines and of their semeiological value in pathologic conditions. The excellent results obtained by means of hemifiltration in patients with opaque hemithorax are stressed. An increased diffusion of such technique could be justified by its simplicity, and by the low cost and high benefit.

[Report of a clinical case of tuberculous L/S spondylitis with radiologic and C.T. documentation]. / Segnalazione di un case clinico di spondilite tubercolare L/S con documentazione radiologica e T.C.

A case of tuberculous spondylitis is presented and various aspects of its diagnosis are discussed. Stress is laid on the importance of radiology and CT in the diagnosis of this disease, and the monitoring of its progress.