RADIOACTIVE COLLOIDAL CHROMIC PHOSPHATE TO CONTROL PLEURAL EFFUSION AND ASCITES

Abstract

Chromic radiophosphate, Cr P 32 0 4 , was injected intrathoracically in 41 patients with pleural effusion and intraabdominally in 16 with ascites. In every case there was proof that the lesion was neoplastic and its location was known. The chromic radiophosphate was in the form of a colloidal supension with mean particle-size of 4μ and a concentration of 1 mc. of P 32 per milliliter. Good results, in the sense of relief of symptoms and cessation of the effusion, were obtained in 25 of the first group and 5 of the second group of patients. Four case histories illustrate the completeness and duration of relief so obtained, and P 32 is shown to have certain advantages over Au 198