Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 40 – SOLVED!

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Dear Friends,

Showing you the last case before Summer vacation (July and August). Presenting radiographs of a 47-year-old man with moderate dyspnea.

Diagnosis:

1. Collapse of right lung
2. Right pneumonectomy
3. Congenital absence of right lung
4. None of the above

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Jun 2013
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Caceres’ Corner Case 72 (Update: Solution)

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Dear friends,

Showing post-operative radiographs of a 34-year-old male. Muppet saw the films without clinical information and was completely lost.

Can you interpret the findings and shame Muppet into early retirement? Check out the images below, post your thoughts and possible diagnoses in the comments section, and come back next Tuesday for the answer!

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Jun 2013
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Caceres’ Corner Case 71 (Update: Solution)

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Dear Friends,

This week we’re presenting another case provided by my friend Jose Vilar: a 39-year-old woman with cough and moderate dyspnea.

Diagnosis:

1. Mediastinal fat
2. TB
3. LUL collapse
4. None of the above

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Jun 2013
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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 38 – SOLVED!

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Dear Friends,

This week I’m showing screening mammograms of a 39-year-old woman in whom an abnormality was found.

Diagnosis:
1. Radial scar
2. Carcinoma
3. Surgical scar
4. All of the above

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Caceres’s Corner Case 70 (Update: Solution)

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Dear Friends,

Showing images of a pre-operative chest for inguinal hernia in a 72-year-old male.

Diagnosis:

1. Thyroid mass
2. Thymoma
3. Lymphoma
4. None of the above

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Jun 2013
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Caceres’s Corner Case 68 (Update: Solution)

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Dear Friends,

Summer is near and Muppet wants to relax and show easy cases. The present one relates to an 80-year-old male with RUQ pain after embolisation of a liver tumour.

Diagnosis:

1. Pulmonary embolism
2. Pneumonia
3. Subpulmonary fluid
4. None of the above

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May 2013
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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 35 – SOLVED!

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Dear Friends,

Today I’m presenting a 55-year-old male with pain in the right hemithorax.

Diagnosis:

1. Pulmonary infarction
2. Pneumonia
3. Carcinoma
4. None of the above

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Caceres’s Corner Case 67 (Update: Solution)

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Dear Friends,

After spending a long weekend with Miss Piggy, Muppet is at peace with the world and has chosen an easy case: 41-year-old male with cough, mild fever and left chest pain.

Diagnosis:

1. Pneumonia
2. Infected bronchiectasis
3. Pulmonary infarction
4. None of the above

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May 2013
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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 34 – SOLVED!

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Dear Friends,

Presenting MRI of lumbar spine in a 57-year-old male with lower-back pain.

Diagnosis:

1. Ependymoma
2. Meningioma
3. Paraganglioma
4. None of the above

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Caceres’s Corner Case 66 (Update: Solution)

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Dear Friends,

This case was sent by my good friend Alberto Villanueva. Muppet made the diagnosis right away (he is gifted!) and wants to share the images with you. They belong to a 17-year-old boy with moderate dyspnea.

Diagnosis:
1. Congenital absence of LLL
2. Chronic TB plural thickening
3. LLL collapse (foreign body?)
4. None of the above

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May 2013
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