Os AA. procederam ao estudo radiológicc do tórax em duas incidências p.a. e perfil - em 69 casos de sarampo, durante o período exantemático. Verificaram .95,55% de enfísemas, 60,87% de pneumonias, 45,48% de broncopneumonias, 18,84% de atelectasias e 7.25% de empastamento hilar. Os AA. destacam a importância da radiografia em perfil, sobretudo para o diagnostico das pneumonias retrocardiacas, das alterações pulmonares localizadas nos segmentos posteriores das bases, assim como o diagnóstico diferencial entre atelectasia e pneumonia. Os vários tipos de enfisemas, de pneumonias e de atelectasias são comentados. Dentre os 69 pacientes, 30 foram internados com suspeita de complicação pulmonar, e 39, sem suspeita de complicação pulmonar, foram controlados em regime ambulatorial. Não se registrou diferença estatisticamente significativa, com relação à ocorrência de enfisema, pneumonia, atelectasia e de empastamento hílar, nos pacientes internados e não internados; por outro lado, comprovou-se maior incidência de broncopneumonia, em pacientes internados, nos grupos etários de 1/2 a 2 e 2 a 6 anos.
The AA. proceeded to a radiological study of the chest in two position - postero-anterior and lateral - in 69 cases of measles, during the phase of disease. 98,55% of emphysemas, 60,87% of pneumonias, 45,48% of bronchopneumonias. 18,48% of atelectasia and 7,25% of hilar enlargment were found. It was stressed the importance of the lateral position in the chest X ray, for the diagnosis of retrocardiac pneumonias and other pulmonar alterations localized in posterior segments of the basis; this lateral position is also important in the diferential diagnosis between atelectasis and pneumonia. The various forms of emphysemas, pneumonias and atelectasis are discussed. Among the 69 patients examined, 30 were inpatients with suscepted pulmonary computations. Another 39 patients were seen as out patients, because the pulmonary complications were not suspected on clinical grounds. There was no statistical difference between the groups, regarding the occurence of emphysemas, pneumonias, atelectasis and hilar enlargment. On the ether side, it was observed that there was larger incidence of bronchopneumonias in the hospitalized patients, in the age group of 1/2 to 2 years and 2 to 6 years of age.