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The diagnosis was carcinoid tumor of the lung.

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School ager with respiratory distress which has not responded to medical therapy

CXR shows a dense consolidation in right middle lobe.

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Coronal CT without contrast of the chest performed 1 week after presentation and after chest tube removal (below) shows a small bleb in the apex of the right lung.

The diagnosis was spontaneous pneumothorax due to an apical bleb.

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24.11.2025 12:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Teen with chest pain

CT at presentation(above) shows a large amount of air in right pleural space which was subsequently treated with a chest tube

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24.11.2025 12:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

However, a small portion of the stomach has herniated superiorly and posteriorly through the wrap into the chest. This is best seen on the lateral view.

The diagnosis was Nissen fundoplication malfunction due to a para Nissen herniation.

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23.11.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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School ager who had a Nissen fundoplication 4 years ago who now has gagging while eating

AP(left)+lateral(right) images fromUpperGI show Nissen fundoplication wrap is intact.

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23.11.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The diagnosis was dentigerous cyst.

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22.11.2025 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Teen with left facial pain

Axial(left)+coronal(right) CT shows expansile cystic lesion of left maxilla that contains a molar tooth within it

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22.11.2025 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There was no mass effect and no diffusion restriction associated with the lesions. No contrast was given as the patient was pregnant.

The diagnosis was acute disseminated encephalomyelitis.

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21.11.2025 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Teen who is pregnant with new onset focal neurological deficits+ataxia

FLAIR MRI show multiple lesions in centrum semiovale, periventricular white matter, splenium of corpus callosum+white matter of parietal+occipital lobes

#FOAMRad #radiology #pediatrics #radiologia #NeuroRadiology #Neurology

21.11.2025 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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20.11.2025 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Starting a pediatric radiology rotation or fellowship or in need of a pediatric radiology procedure review?

Clicking on Pediatric Radiology Procedures will take you to descriptions of how to perform 50 pediatric radiology fluoro+ultrasound procedures

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20.11.2025 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

AP radiograph of the asymptomatic left shoulder (right) shows none of these findings.

The diagnosis was little leaguer shoulder.

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20.11.2025 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Teen who is a baseball pitcher with right shoulder pain

Radiograph of right shoulder(left) shows proximal humeral epiphysiolysis+physeal widening+juxtaphyseal osteopenia+mild metaphyseal sclerosis in lateral aspect of right proximal humeral physis

#FOAMRad #PedsRad #radiology #Ortho #Orthopedics

20.11.2025 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Toddler with cough

CXR shows bilateral diffuse bronchial wall thickening+subsequent interstitial infiltrates.

The diagnosis was mycoplasma pneumonia.

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19.11.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The diagnosis was scrotolith.

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19.11.2025 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Teen with left scrotal pain

Transverse(above)+sagittal (below) US of left scrotum show an oval hyperechoic lesion that is in scrotum but that is extratesticular in location+which has posterior acoustical shadowing

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19.11.2025 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The diagnosis was osteofibrous dysplasia.

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19.11.2025 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Teen with a limp

AP(left)+lateral(right) radiographs show in tibial diaphysis multiple+too numerous to count eccentric expansile lucent lesions with bubbly+sclerotic borders which are without periosteal reaction

#FOAMed #MedEd #radiology #pediatrics #radiologia #Ortho #Orthopedics #Orthopaedics

19.11.2025 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

The diagnosis was candida esophagitis.

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Immune suppressed patient with odynophagia

AP images from UpperGI show multiple longitudinally oriented lesions in under-distended esophagus which are separated by normal mucosa+small round ulcers

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19.11.2025 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

... representing periventricular calcifications

Left sagittal(below left)+right sagittal(below right) US show branching linear echogenicities in basal ganglia respresenting lenticulostriate vasculopathy

Diagnosis was cytomegalovirus encephalitis.

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07.11.2025 11:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Newborn whose mother was exposed to CMV during pregnancy

Coronal US of brain(above) shows large septated cysts in germinal matrix (germinolysis) bilaterally+multiple periventricular echogenic foci just lateral to anterior horns of lateral ventricles bilaterally...

#radiology #pediatrics #NICU

07.11.2025 11:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

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07.11.2025 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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School ager with chronic cough+right shoulder pain

Radiograph of shoulder shows well circumscribed lucent lesion in right humeral epiphysis. There is no periosteal reaction

The diagnosis was tuberculous osteomyelitis.

#FOAMed #MedEd #radiology #radiologia #Ortho #Orthopedics #Orthopaedics

07.11.2025 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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School ager with foot pain

Radiograph of foot shows sclerosis+fragmentation of tarsal navicular bone.

The diagnosis was Kohler disease.

Learn more: pediatricimaging.org/diseases/koh...

#FOAMed #MedEd #radiology #pediatrics #radiologia #Ortho #Orthopedics #Orthopaedics #EmergencyMedicine

06.11.2025 12:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The diagnosis was right parapharyngeal abscess.

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06.11.2025 02:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Preschooler with right neck swelling

CT of neck shows round low density fluid collection with thin enhancing rim in right parapharyngeal space. Right carotid artery+internal jugular vein are narrowed in caliber+there is mass effect on right side of airway

#radiology #pediatrics #EmergencyMedicine

06.11.2025 02:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The diagnosis was duplicated kidney with ectopic ureterocele along with a urachal diverticulum.

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05.11.2025 12:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Infant with duplicated right kidney

Lateral image from voiding cystourethrogram shows round lucency / filling defect near trigone of the bladder.

There is also contrast filling a blind ending tubular tract at dome of bladder.

#FOAMed #MedEd #radiology #pediatrics #radiologia #paediatrics

05.11.2025 12:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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