Dear Friends,
With your welfare in mind, Muppet has selected this week’s case. Radiographs belong to a 76-year-old woman, admitted to the hospital with moderate fever and vomiting.
Diagnosis:
1. Aspiration pneumonia
2. Tracheomegaly and pneumonia
3. Pneumonia and pericarditis
4. None of the above
Dear Friends,
Muppet wants to start the new season with a warm-up case, provided by my good friend and former resident Carles Vilá. Images belong to a 62-year-old woman who has had a dry cough for the last six months. Chest radiograph was normal and a CT was taken.
Diagnosis:
1. Coin
2. Chicken bone
3. Pencil lead
4. None of the above
Dear Friends,
Muppet has insisted in presenting the following case: radiographs of a 48-year-old male with cognitive problems and episodes of amnesia. What do you see? What would be your diagnosis? Leave us your thoughts in the comments section and come back for the answer on Friday.
Dear Friends,
Today we are wearing typical Basque txapelas; a gift from my good friend Dr. Estibalitz Montejo from Bilbao.
Below are two radiographs of a 45-year-old male with acute chest pain. What do you see? What would be your diagnosis?
Leave us yout thoughts in the comments section and come back on Friday for the answer.
Dear Friends,
Dr. Pepe has urgent business (suspect he is visiting Miss Piggy) and asked me to cover for him this week and the next. He will be back with a new Diploma case on Monday, June 9.
My good friend and former resident Dr. Eva Castañer has contributed with this week`s case. Images are of a 74-year-old male admitted with hemoptysis. Leave your diagnosis in the comments section and come back for the answer on Friday.
Diagnosis:
1. Pulmonary infarction
2. Carcinoma
3. Tuberculoma
4. None of the above
Dear Friends,
Presenting the case of a 85-year-old woman admitted with a severe urinary infection secondary to renal stones. Chest radiographs were taken one week after admission. Do you see any abnormalities in the chest?
Check the images below, leave your thoughts and diagnosis in the comments section and come back on Friday for the answer.
Dear Friends,
Muppet wants to test your diagnostics skills with the following case of a 39-year-old smoker with dyspnea. Check the images below, leave your diagnosis in the comments, and come back on Friday for the answer.
Diagnosis:
1. Bronchogenic carcinoma
2. Endobronchial TB
3. Benign endobronchial tumour
4. None of the above
Dear Friends,
This time I want you to make an easy diagnosis in the case of a 79-year-old woman who was found unconscious at home. Supine chest film obtained on admission. Is the chest abnormal? What do you see?
Examine the image below, leave your thoughts and diagnosis in the comments section and come back on Friday for the answer.
Dear Friends,
This week we are presenting pre-op radiographs of a 71-year-old man with torn ligaments of the right shoulder. As you can see, an unsuspected abnormality was found. What would be your diagnosis?
Check the images below, leave your thoughts in the comments section and come back on Friday for the answer.
1. Hydatid cyst
2. Carcinoma of the lung
3. Fibrous tumour of pleura
4. None of the above
Dear Friends,
Muppet is concerned about the few responses in the last case. He wants to show an easy case to stimulate participation. Showing pre-op radiographs of a 41-year-old woman with rectal prolapse. The opacity in the right lung was not seen in the CT. What do you think?
Examine the images below, leave me your thoughts and diagnosis in the comments section, and come back on Friday for the answer.
