Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 15 – SOLVED!
Dear Friends,
I have decided to show you a nice case before your Christmas holidays. Enhanced axial CT of a 69-year-old man with bone pain.
Caceres’ Corner: Case No. 41 (Update: Solution)
Dear Friends,
Since 100% of you gave correct answers in the previous case, Muppet believes you know it all and is considering retiring to a nunnery. Before he makes his final vows, he wants to show the case of a 35-year-old woman with a solitary calcified lung nodule, discovered in pre-op CT for a gastric tumour.
Diagnosis:
1. Granuloma
2. Chondroma
3. Hamartoma
4. None of the above
Caceres’ Corner: Case No. 40 (Update: Solution)
Dear Friends,
Muppet is so happy with your performance that he has chosen a challenging case. The following radiographs belong to a 52-year-old woman with two episodes of chest pain in six weeks. The initial radiograph is shown, as well as a radiograph taken during the second episode. At that time, a CT was done.
Caceres’ Corner: Case No. 35 (Update: Solution)
Dear friends,
Since some of you have been complaining about the cases being difficult, Muppet wants to show a really difficult case: a 76-year-old woman with previous heart troubles and currently asymptomatic.
Diagnosis:
1. Calcified pericardial cyst
2. Hydatid cyst of the heart
3. Intracardiac calcified aneurysm
4. None of the above
Caceres’ Corner: Case No. 34 (Update: Solution)
Dear Friends,
Muppet is feeling good today (love letter from Miss Piggy) and wants to show you an easy case: a 69-year-old male with chest pain and productive cough. TB in his youth.
Diagnosis:
1. Active TB
2. Empyema necessitatis
3. Pleural abscess
4. None of the above
Caceres’ Corner: Case No. 33 (Update: Solution)
Dear Friends,
Muppet is feeling mean today and wishes to inflict upon you the following case: a 56-year-old woman with a history of respiratory infections. She was operated on for osteogenic sarcoma of the right leg eight years earlier.
Diagnosis:
1. Metastases from sarcoma
2. Carcinoma of the lung
3. Tuberculosis
4. None of the above
Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 1 – SOLVED!
Dear diploma fans,
Welcome to the very first entry from my diploma casebook!
This is just the first of many weekly cases I’m going to show here on the ESR blog, to help you prepare for the European Diploma in Radiology. They are all typical of what you might expect to find in the exam and I will guide you through each one and remind you of the key points to consider.
To start off, I’m going to follow in the footsteps of my good friend Jose Caceres (although I will be more compassionate), and show you a chest case. If you have any comments or questions, please leave them in the comments section under this post. The answer will be posted on Thursday.
Good luck!
Caceres’ Corner: Case No. 27 (Update: Solution)
Dear Friends,
This case has been provided by Dr. Oscar Persiva, a former resident and good friend (even though he is a fan of Real Madrid).
The case is a 38-year-old man who came to the Emergency Room with moderate chest pain. Chest radiograph and CT shown.
Diagnosis:
1. Pleural metastases
2. Neurogenic tumour
3. Fibrous tumour of pleura
4. All of the above
Caceres’ Corner: Case No. 24 (Update: Solution)
Dear Friends,
Dr. Manel Escobar has contributed a new case: 23-year-old woman with cough and low-grade fever.
Diagnosis:
1. Tuberculosis
2. Sarcoid
3. Lymphoma
4. None of the above
Caceres’ Corner: Case No. 22 (Update: Solution)
Dear Friends,
Muppet strives to give satisfaction (like Jeeves) and presents you with an easy case:
Fifty-one-year-old male smoker with moderate cough, no fever.
Diagnosis:
1. Metastases
2. Carcinoma of the lung
3. Allergic aspergillosis
4. None of the above