The diagnosis was carcinoid tumor of the lung.
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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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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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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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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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The diagnosis was dentigerous cyst.
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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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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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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
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AP radiograph of the asymptomatic left shoulder (right) shows none of these findings.
The diagnosis was little leaguer shoulder.
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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
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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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The diagnosis was scrotolith.
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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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The diagnosis was osteofibrous dysplasia.
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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
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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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... 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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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...
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07.11.2025 00:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0School 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.
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School ager with foot pain
Radiograph of foot shows sclerosis+fragmentation of tarsal navicular bone.
The diagnosis was Kohler disease.
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The diagnosis was right parapharyngeal abscess.
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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
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The diagnosis was duplicated kidney with ectopic ureterocele along with a urachal diverticulum.
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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.
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