Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 58 – SOLVED!

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Dear Friends,

I am back from vacation and ready for new challenges. Present images belong to a 70-year-old man with cough and fever. Leave your thoughts and dignosis in the comments section and come back on Friday for the answer.

Diagnosis:

1. Carcinoma of the lung
2. Tuberculosis
3. Pneumonia
4. None of the above

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Jun 2014
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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 57 – SOLVED!

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Dear Friends,

This week we are presenting radiography of a 64-year-old man with dyspea. Examin the images below, leave your thoughts and diagnosis in the comments section, and come back on Friday for the answer.

Diagnosis:

1. Mediastinal mass
2. Pulmonary nodule
3. Aortic aneurysm
4. None of the above

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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 56 – SOLVED!

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Dear Friends,

Today I am presenting radiographs of of 41-year-old woman operated on for Ewing sarcoma of T-12 one year ago. Examine the images below, leave me your diagnosis in the comments and come back on Friday for the answer.

Diagnosis:
1. Enlarged azygos vein
2. Mediastinal lymph node
3. Mediastinal mass
4. None of the above

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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 55 – SOLVED!

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Dear friends,

Today I am presenting today chest radiographs of a 48-year-old man with previous resection of a carcinoid tumour of the ileum. Check the images below, leave your thoughts in the comments section and come back on Friday for the answer.

Diagnosis:

1. Granulomas
2. Amyloidosis
3. Calcified metastases
4. None of the above

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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 54 – SOLVED!

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Dear Friends,

Welcome to this week’s case. Radiographs belong to a 43-year-old male with chest pain. Leave me your thoughts and diagnosis in the comments and come back on Friday for the answer.

Diagnosis:

1. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
2. Mitral disease
3. Non-cyanotic congenital heart disease.
4. None of the above

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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 53 – SOLVED!

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Dear Friends,

Today I am presenting radiographs of a 36-year-old woman with shortness of breath increasing over the last three months. Examine the image below and leave me your thoughts and diagnosis in the comments. Come back on Friday for the answer.

Diagnosis:

1. Metastatic disease
2. Sarcoid
3. Interstitial pneumonia
4. None of the above

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17
Mar 2014
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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 52 – SOLVED!

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Dear Friends,

Today I am presenting radiographs of a 43-year-old woman with moderate dyspnoea. Disregard the widening of the right superior mediastinum, secondary to long-standing goiter. Leave me your thoughts and diagnosis in the comments sectiona and come back on Friday for the answer.

Diagnosis:
1. Thymoma
2. Heart disease
3. Lymphoma
4. None of the above

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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 51 – SOLVED!

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Dear Friends,

I am back with radiographs of a 63-year-old woman with malaise and low-grade fever. Check the images below and leave me your thoughts and diagnosis in the comments section. Come back on Friday for the answer.

Diagnosis:
1. Carcinoma of the lung
2. Pneumonia
3. Thymoma
4. None of the above

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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 50 – SOLVED!

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Dear friends,

Today I am presenting radiographs and CT of a 27-year-old male with fever and malaise. Leave me your thoughts and diagnosis in the comments section and come back on Friday for the answer.

Diagnosis:

1. Teratoma
2. Thymoma
3. Lymphoma
4. None of the above

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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 49 – SOLVED!

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Dear Friends,

The first case of 2014 belongs to a 40-year-old male with a mild cough. What would you suspect?

1. Tuberculosis
2. Carcinoma
3. Enlarged left pulmonary artery
4. None of the above

Check out the images below and leave your thoughts and diagnosis in the comments section.

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