Caceres’s Corner Case 61 (Update: Solution)

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Dear Friends,

Today we’re presenting a routine chest control of a 53-year-old woman who had a lumpectomy for carcinoma of the breast three years ago. Radiographs were read as normal. Do you agree? Any ideas?

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Caceres’s Corner Case 60 (Update: Solution)

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Dear Friends,

Today, we’re showing you radiographs of a 29-year-old non-European male with moderate dysphagia. Questions:

1. Where is the lesion?
2. What would be your diagnosis?

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Mar 2013
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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 27 – SOLVED

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Dear Friends,

This week we have the case of a 45-year-old man, who is an alcoholic with abdominal pain, jaundice, and weight loss.

Possible diagnoses:

1. Duodenal neoplasm
2. Focal pancreatitis of pancreatic head
3. Pancreatic neoplasm
4. None of the above

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Caceres’s Corner Case 59 (Update: Solution)

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Dear Friends,

Muppet insists on presenting another case of inspiration/expiration films to test your knowledge. Showing radiographs of a 29-year-old asymptomatic female. What do you think is happening?

29 y.o.  asymptomatic female

29 y.o. asymptomatic female

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Mar 2013
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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 26 – SOLVED

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Dear Friends,

Today I’m showing a case of a 63-year-old man with left heart dysfunction and angor.

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Caceres’s Corner Case 58 (Update: Solution)

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Dear Friends,

While I was in Vienna, Muppet prepared the following case for you: 21-year-old girl with marked dyspnea, no fever. What do you think it’s happening?

Inspiration - 21-year-old girl with marked dyspnea, no fever.

Inspiration – 21-year-old girl with marked dyspnea, no fever.

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Mar 2013
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Caceres’s Corner Case 57 (Update: Solution)

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Dear Friends,

Dr. Manel Martínez, a long-time friend of the Muppet, has provided the following case: an asymptomatic 67-year-old man in whom a mass was discovered in the chest radiographs.

Diagnosis:

1. Aortic aneurysm
2. Hydatic cyst of lung
3. Left pulmonary artery aneurysm
4. None of the above

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Mar 2013
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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 25 – SOLVED!

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Dear Friends,

This week I’m presenting the case of a 9-year-old child with pain in the leg after trauma.

Diagnosis:
1. Aneurysmal bone cyst
2. Simple bone cyst
3. Giant-cell tumour
4. Osteosarcoma

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Caceres’s Corner Case 56 (Update: Solution)

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Dear friends,

Muppet cannot find difficult cases and, despite himself, is forced to show easy ones. Today we’re showing radiographs of a 48-year-old woman who has had moderate dyspnea for a while.

Diagnosis:

1. Swyer-James syndrome
2. Tumour left main bronchus
3. Old TB left lung
4. None of the above

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Feb 2013
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Dr. Pepe’s Diploma Casebook: Case 24

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Dear friends,

This week I’m presenting you another new ‘Face the Examiner’ case which simulates a real examination. Showing radiographs of a 35-year-old male with high fever and left pleuritic pain.