Dear Friends,
Muppet promises never again to show a bone case. He has been severely reprimanded!
Back to good ol’ chest imaging:
29-year-old male heavy smoker. Admitted with mild dyspnea.
Diagnosis:
1. Mediastinal tumour
2. Dilated cardiomyopathy
3. Pericardial effusion
4. None of the above
Dear Friends,
Muppet gratefully acknowledges the contribution of his good friend Dr. Manel Escobar who discovered and diagnosed the following case:
An 11-year-old girl with migrating bone pain for the last year, with normal radiographs, now presents with one month of low-degree fever. Chest and abdominal CT were unremarkable, except for the pelvic findings.
Diagnosis:
1. Fibrous dysplasia
2. Langerhans cell histiocytosis
3. Lymphoma
4. None of the above
Dear Friends,
Muppet wants to test your diagnostic skills with the following case:
75-year-old male with vague pain in the right hemithorax.
Diagnosis:
1. Myeloma
2. Hydatid cyst
3. Fibrous dysplasia
4. None of the above
Dear Friends,
Muppet is in a good mood today (Miss Piggy may be responsible for that) and wants to present a ‘wysiwyg’ case (what you see is what you get).
64-year-old, asymptomatic male. Chest images taken one month after an episode of myocardial infarction.
Diagnosis:
1. Aortic aneurysm
2. Aortic elongation
3. Type A aortic dissection
4. Type B aortic dissection
Dear friends,
Muppet was grumpy and decided to spent the Easter vacation in the Costa Brava (I suspect he had a secret date with Miss Piggy). He sent the above picture and the following case:
Seventy-five year-old woman, with pain in the back
Diagnosis:
1. Metastases
2. Lymphoma
3. Paget’s disease
4. None of the above
Dear Friends,
Muppet gratefully acknowledges the contribution of Dr. Jose Vizuete and Dr. Vilar, who supplied this case (Muppet also wants to point out that any complaints should be addressed to them!).
AP chest of an 11-year-old girl with dyspnea for the last week and mild fever.
Diagnosis:
1. Staphylococcal pneumonia
2. Mediastinal mass
3. Foreign body
4. None of the above
Dear Friends,
Muppet is getting soft in his old age and presents you with an easy case: pre-op chest in a 40-year-old male with a brain tumour.
Diagnosis:
1. Lung metastases
2. Lung carcinoma
3. Pleural tumour
4. None of the above
Dear Friends,
Sorry about the delay in posting a new case, but Muppet was invited to the ECR, got drunk every night and did not cooperate at all. By the way, he sends his warmest regards to Marina, a very smart resident.
Our new patient is a 36 year-old lady with lupus, admitted with mild dyspnea.
Diagnosis:
1. Myocardiopathy
2. Pericarditis
3. Hilar adenopathy
4. None of the above
Our blog superstar, Prof. José Cáceres, is one of the most popular lecturers at the ECR. So popular that his Mini Course on chest radiography was fully booked way in advance of ECR 2012 and quite a few people were disappointed that they couldn’t get in. So we spoke to the man himself, to answer those people who asked for his lectures to be held in a larger room.
Enjoy some scenes from the first few days of ECR 2012 and meet the ESR and ECR presidents, Prof. András Palkó and Prof. Lorenzo Bonomo.
