Dear Friends,
As Dr. Rusty mentioned in the most recent Diploma case, it is amazing how old school radiologists survived without CT. I recently saw one such case, diagnosed because I am one of this old breed. Image belongs to a 67-year-old woman who had a preoperative chest before lumbar spine surgery.
What do you see?
Check the image below, leave your thoughts in the comments section and come back for the answer on Friday.
The Europen Society of Radiology works hard to represent radiologists throughout the continent. But Europe is a diverse place, and the support of European national radiological societies, most of which are institutional members of the ESR, is essential. The ESR National Societies Committee is our primary forum for communication and cooperation with those national societies. We spoke to the committee chairperson, Prof. Deniz Akata, to find out a little about the committee’s functions and her own role.
ESR Office: What is the main purpose of the National Societies Committee (NSC) and how is the committee composed?
Deniz Akata: The main purpose and continuous task of the NSC is to consolidate and strengthen relations with the ESR’s national institutional member societies. Regular communication between them and the ESR is very important, especially on matters regarding the ESR’s educational, research and professional policies. In a way, the ESR provides guidance and benefits to member countries in many professional issues. On the other hand, we need national societies to maximize the promotion of these activities. The presidents of the ESR’s 44 national Institutional Member Societies are ex-officio members of the committee.
Prof. Deniz Akata, chair of the ESR National Societies Committee
ESR: How does the committee work in practice? Where, when, and how do meetings take place?
DA: The ESR National Societies Committee officially meets in Vienna once a year, during the European Congress of Radiology, where the chairperson of the committee gives a brief report regarding the ESR’s annual activities and answers delegates’ questions and gets their feedback. On the other hand, we have continuous relationships with the national societies through mailings, surveys and newsletters throughout the year. The ESR Annual Leadership Meeting, usually held in November, is also an excellent official get-together with our institutional members. At the last meeting, which took place in Florence in November 2014, representatives of the institutional member societies actively enrolled and presented their points of view regarding some of the most common and challenging topics in our profession. All day long, the meeting was very well attended and very fruitful discussions were held.
We also try to get into personal contact with each national society during their national congresses or meetings. To this end, we started the initiative to hold “National Society meets ESR” sessions, which has been very welcomed by the national societies
Dear Friends,
After mid-term vacation, I return with renewed energy! Presenting images of a 54-year-old man with a moderate cough.
Check the image below, leave your thoughts in the comments section and come back on Friday for the answer.
Diagnosis:
1. Apical bulla with fungus ball
2. Carcinoma of the lung
3. TB and granuloma
4. None of the above
Dear Friends,
Muppet came back in a good mood and wishes to present an easy case. Radiographs belong to a 73-year-old male smoker with a moderate cough. What do you see?
Check the images below, leave your thoughts in the comments section and come back on Friday for the answer.
Dear Friends,
Muppet is getting old and cranky and needs a vacation badly. We have decided to go to Minorca together and spend the Holy Week there.
Sorry, no case this week. Muppet needs to relax and enjoy his free time. Will be back on April 6.
The winners of the ECR 2015 Cases of the Day Quiz are as follows:
Michael Camerlinck; Antwerp/BE
Ricardo Correia; Porto/PT
David Durany; Lleida/ES
Yasuyuki Onishi; Kurashiki/JP
Filip Vanhoenacker; Antwerp/BE
Rikiya Yamashita; Kyoto/JP
Phey Yeap; Dundee/UK
To view the cases please click here.
Congratulations to all winners!
Dear Friends,
Today we are showing PA radiographs of a 55-year-old woman, asymptomatic. The image presented is a reconstruction of a CT examination (no radiograph available). Muppet believes it is worth showing because it is an unusual disease and has teaching value. What do you see?
Check the image below, leave your thoughts in the comments section and come back on Friday for the answer.
Dear Friends,
Today I am presenting radiographs of a 51-year-old man with low-grade fever and malaise. Previous history of car accident.
Do you see any abnormalities?
Check the images below, leave your thoughts in the comments section and come back on Friday for the answer.
Dear Friends,
After the ECR, we all deserve an easy case. Showing routine control radiographs of a 51-year-old man operated on for synovial sarcoma of his right leg fourteen years ago.
Do you see any abnormality?
Check the images below, leave your thoughts in the comments section and come back on Friday for the answer.
ECR Today spoke with ECR 2016 Congress President, Prof. Katrine Åhlström Riklund, deputy head of the department of radiation sciences and director of the medical school at Umeå University, Sweden, to find out a little bit about next year’s annual meeting.
ECR 2016 Congress President, Prof. Katrine Åhlström Riklund, from Umeå, Sweden.
ECR Today: What will be the highlights of ECR 2016?
Katrine Åhlström Riklund: It is hard to tell what the specific highlights will be more than one year ahead, due to the rapid development of imaging. The highlights will be the entire congress through its well-developed programme, which covers the whole range of education from student level to advanced subspecialists. I should say the added content of hybrid imaging in several sessions would make the programme even more attractive. Besides the educational and scientific programme, the grand opening ceremony and social activities will also be memorable events.
ECRT: Will there be any new additions to the programme?
KAR: As always, there will be innovations at the ECR. The content of hybrid imaging will be spread across several sessions and not in one single session. The new session formats introduced at ECR 2015, with the European Excellence in Education (E3) programme – divided into five levels (the Rising Stars programme, European Diploma Prep Sessions and Beauty of Basic Knowledge programme, ECR Academies and ECR Master Classes) will be continued. These levels cover the entire span from undergraduate medical education to subspecialised continuing professional development. Getting involved in the sessions is important for retaining knowledge.
