Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 116 – SOLVED!

Dear Friends,

This will be the last Diploma Casebook case posted on the ESR Blog. Following the steps of Neymar, I have been offered a succulent contract by the European Board of Radiology and next year I will posting my cases on the EBR website, starting on Monday, January 15. I am excited about this new challenge and hope you will be too!

Radiographs of today’s case belong to a 76-year-old man with pain in the chest after a fall. What do you see?

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Dec 2017
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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 115 – SOLVED!

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Today I am presenting radiographs of a 60-year-old man with a cough and moderate fever.

Diagnosis:

1. Viral pneumonia
2. Non-cardiac pulmonary edema
3. Pulmonary hemorrhage
4. None of the above

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Nov 2017
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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 114 – SOLVED!

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Today I am presenting radiographs of an 80-year-old man with productive cough and fever. What do you see?

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Oct 2017
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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 113 – SOLVED!

Dear Friends,

Glad to be back. I have missed my fans! Planning big surprises for next year. In the meantime, have a look at this preoperative chest radiograph for goiter in a 47-year-old woman. What do you see?

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Oct 2017
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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 112 – The Wisdom of Dr. Pepe (Chapter 5) – SOLVED! (for real this time)

Dear Friends,

The fifth chapter of “The wisdom of Dr. Pepe” is the last presentation of this blog series and ends the present season.

The axial CT images below belong to a 37-year-old woman, who was operated on five years ago for a retroperitoneal tumour. What do you see?

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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 111 – The Wisdom of Dr. Pepe (Chapter 4) – SOLVED!

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To continue with the fourth chapter of The Wisdom of Dr. Pepe, I am​ showing PA radiograph of a 57-year-old woman with asthenia.
What do you see?

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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 110 – The Wisdom of Dr. Pepe (Chapter 3) – SOLVED!

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To continue with the third chapter of The Wisdom of Dr. Pepe, I am​ showing radiographs of an asymptomatic 52-year-old man with previous history of asbestos exposure.

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

Diagnosis:
1. Fibrous tumour of pleura
2. Large pleural plaque
3. Pleural fat
4. Any of the above

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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 109 – The Wisdom of Dr. Pepe (Chapter 2) – SOLVED!

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To continue with the second chapter of The wisdom of Dr. Pepe, I am​ showing radiographs of a 75-year-old man with cough and haemoptysis.
What do you see?

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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 108 – The Wisdom of Dr. Pepe (Chapter 1) – SOLVED!

Dear Friends,

Today we’ll start the third part of The Beauty of Basic Knowledge series, entitled The Wisdom of Dr. Pepe, in which I intend to summarise my basic approach to chest interpretation. Here I am showing radiographs of a 27-year-old man with moderate cough.

As usual, check the images below, leave your thoughts in the comments section, and come back on Friday to find out the solution.

Diagnosis:

1. RML disease
2. Pleural effusion
3. RLL mass
4. None of the above

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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 107 – To err is human: how to avoid slipping up (Chapter 6) – SOLVED!

Dear Friends,

To conclude the section “To err is human” I am presenting PA radiographs of a 57-year-old hairdresser with interstitial lung disease, who is on the waiting list for lung transplant. What do you see?

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