Hello everybody. Are you ready for another case?
This is a case that was provided by Drs Isarría and García Dosdá from the Radiology Dept. Hospital Universitario Dr. Peset. Valencia.
This patient is a lady 78 years old with suspected eventration. In her workup she had a Chest Radiographic examination and an abdominal CT.
Please look carefully at the images. The case is not easy, but I believe that it contains some teaching points…
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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?
Check the images below, leave your thoughts in the comments section, and come back on Friday for the answer.
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Dear Friends,
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
Check the images below, leave your thoughts in the comments section, and come back on Friday for the answer.
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Dear Friends,
Today I am presenting radiographs of an 80-year-old man with productive cough and fever. What do you see?
Check the images below, leave your thoughts in the comments section, and come back on Friday for the answer.
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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?
Check the images below, leave your thoughts in the comments section, and come back on Friday for the answer.
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Dear Friends,
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?
Check the image carefully, leave your thoughts in the comments section, and come back on Friday for the answer.
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Dear Friends,
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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Dear Friends,
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?
Check the images below, leave your thoughts in the comments section, and come back on Friday for the answer.
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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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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?
Check the images below, leave your thoughts in the comments section and come back on Friday for the answer.
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