RT Journal
A1 STOLOFF E
T1 PAthologic changes in the large interlobar fissures in children
JF American Journal of Diseases of Children
JO American Journal of Diseases of Children
YR 1929
FD July 1
VO 38
IS 1
SP 75
OP 83
DO 10.1001/archpedi.1929.01930070087010
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1929.01930070087010
AB In a former communication, I1 suggested a method for the roentgen study of the large interlobar fissures which was cited in the German literature by Holzknecht,2 later by Eisler3 and by Wimberger,4 and which was elaborated in detail by Fleischner.5 This method is not in common usage, and it is for this reason that cases are presented to illustrate the technic which deserves reintroduction into American usage.ANATOMY 
    The Left Interlobar Fissure.—The left interlobar fissure may be represented by a line beginning from 6 to 8 cm. below the apex at about the level of the third dorsal vertebra, extending from the posterior margin of the medial surface of the lung, backward and slightly upward to the posterior surface, then arching slightly over the posterior convexity and downward; it crosses the fourth interspace in the midaxillary line, to the level of the sixth costal