Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 92 – SOLVED!

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Dear Friends,

Today I am showing radiographs of a 62-year-old man with moderate dyspnoea. No acute symptoms. What do you see?

Check the images below, leave me your thoughts in the comments section, and come back on Friday for the answer.

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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 91 – SOLVED!

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Dear Friends,

Today I am showing images of a 48-year-old man with two brain lesions and a pre-op chest radiograph. What would be your diagnosis regarding the chest?

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Diagnosis:

1. Carcinoma
2. Hydatid cyst
3. Pulmonary infarct
4. None of the above

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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 90 – SOLVED!

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I am back with a new case, provided by my good friends Paula García and Alberto Villanueva. Images belong to a 52-year-old man with a dry cough. Operated on for cutaneous melanoma ten years earlier. Check the images below, leave us your thoughts in the comments section and come back on Friday for the answer.

Diagnosis:
1. Tuberculosis
2. Metastases
3. Varicella pneumonia
4. Any of the above

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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 89 – SOLVED!

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Dear Friends,

This week we are presenting radiographs of a 42-year-old diabetic man with chest pain and fever. What do you see?

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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 88

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Dear Friends,

This week’s case follows the pattern of a “Meet the Examiner” presentation, with questions and answers similar to a real examination. Take your time before scrolling down for the answer. And no peeking!

The chest radiographs belong to a 54-year-old man in treatment for RUL carcinoma.
What do you see?

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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 87 – SOLVED!

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Dear Friends,

Today I am presenting radiographs of an 83-year-old woman who has had a cough and fever for the last four weeks.
Check the images below, leave your thoughts in the comments section, and come back on Friday for the answer.

Diagnosis:
1. Acute RML pneumonia
2. RML syndrome
3. RML neoplasm
4. Any of the above

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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 86 – SOLVED!

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Dear Friends,

Today I am presenting radiographs of a 27-year-old male drug abuser who has had a fever for the last two weeks.
Check the images below, leave your thoughts in the comments section and come back for the answer on Friday.

Diagnosis:

1. Staph Pneumonia
2. TB
3. Pneumocystis
4. None of the above

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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 85 – SOLVED!

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Dear Friends,

Today we are presenting chest radiographs of a 54-year-old man who has had a cough and left chest pain for the last two weeks. No fever.

Check the images below, leave your thoughts in the comments section and come back for the answer on Friday.

Diagnosis:
1. Pleural effusion
2. Pleural effusion and mediastinal mass
3. Pleural effusion and pericardial defect
4. None of the above

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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 84 – SOLVED!

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Dear Friends,

Today’s images belong to a 63-year-old man with moderate dyspnea.
What do you see?

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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 83 – SOLVED!

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Dear Friends,

Today I am showing chest radiographs of a 59-year-old man with abdominal pain and pruritus.
What do you see?

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