Dear Friends,
An easy case to get ready for summer vacation. Images belong to a 43-year-old woman with recurrent episodes of chest pain. What would be your diagnosis?
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 images of a 72-year-old man with pain in the sternum. Check the images below, leave your thoughts in the comments section and come back on Friday for the answer.
Diagnosis:
1. Metastases
2. Chondrosarcoma
3. Osteomyelitis
4. Any of the above
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Dear Friends,
Today I am showing a case provided by my former resident and good friend Dr. Nadine Romera. Images belong to an 87-year-old man with TB in the past. He presents now with loss of weight and low-grade fever.
What do you see?
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Dear Friends,
Only three more cases until summer vacation! Present images belong to a 58-year-old man with fever and malaise. Patient is allergic to contrast media. Have a look at the images below, leave your thoughts in the comments section, and come back on Friday for the answer.
Diagnosis:
1. Esophageal leiomyoma
2. Duplication cyst
3. Aortic aneurysm
4. Any of the above
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Dear Friends,
Since summer is coming (Game of Thrones revisited), I am presenting an easy case today. Images belong to an asymptomatic 67-year-old female with scleroderma. She had a lung transplant last year and a gastrostomy one month ago.
What do you see?
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Dear Friends,
Today I am showing radiographs of a 48-year-old woman, native of Central America, with endometrial carcinoma. Check the images below, leave your thoughts in the comments section, and come back on Friday for the answer.
Diagnosis:
1. Lung metastases
2. Pneumonia
3. Parasitic disease
4. None of the above
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Dear Friends,
My good friend and former resident Romá Vidal sent me some images of a 39-year-old man with cough and moderate fever. Have a look at the images below, leave your thoughts in the comments section, and come back on Friday for the answer.
Diagnosis:
1. TB
2. RUL collapse
3. Fungus ball
4. None of the above
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Dear Friends,
Today I am showing PA radiographs of a 52-year-old man with cough and mild fever. Take a look at the images below, leave me your thoughts in the comments section and come back on Friday for the answer.
Diagnosis:
1. Inferior accesory fissure
2. RLL collapse
3. Pneumonia of medial RLL segment
4. None of the above
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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?
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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
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