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Case # |
Case
Date |
Case
History |
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49 |
Dec., 2004 |
A
72-year-old male with a history of a
surgery (total cycstectomy and creation of an ileal conduit) five months earlier presented with
abdominal pain and had two abdominal CT scans obtained eight hours apart. Selected images
of which are shown (earlier study on top). |
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48 |
Nov., 2004 |
A
34-year-old female presented with a
history of diarrhea and recent abdominal
pain. Selected images from a small bowel
series are shown. |
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47 |
Oct. 2004 |
A
44-year-old male presented with right
lower-quadrant pain. Selected
images from an abdominal CT scan are
shown. |
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46 |
Sept. 2004 |
An
81-year-old male presented with chest
pain. Selected images from chest
CT scan are shown. |
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45 |
Aug., 2004 |
A
39-year-old male presented with sudden
onset of focal left lower quadrant pain.
Selected images from an abdominal CT
scan are shown. |
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44 |
July, 2004 |
A
35-year-old male with a history of dyspnea
presented to the Emergency Department. A PA and lateral chest x-ray are shown. |
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43 |
June, 2004 |
Selected axial images from an outside CT
scan are shown. No additional clinical
information is provided. |
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42 |
May, 2004 |
An
11-year-old male presented with several
days of vomiting and abdominal pain. A
chest x-ray and selected images from a
CT scan of the abdomen are shown. |
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41 |
April, 2004 |
A
71-year-old male presented an outside CT
scan of the abdomen, reported as showing
an “abdominal mass”. Selected images are
shown? |
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40 |
March, 2004 |
A
14-year-old male presented with prior
bout of staphylococcus. Selected images
from a gallium scan and CT scan of the
chest are shown. |
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39 |
Feb., 2004 |
An 87-year-old male had a chest x-ray
showing bilateral effusions and
infiltrates. Selected images from a CT
scan of the chest are shown. |
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38 |
Jan., 2004 |
A
44-year-old female presented with fever
and abdominal pain. Selected images from
a CT scan of the pelvis are shown. |
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37 |
Dec., 2003 |
A
49-year-old male presented with
sequential blindness involving the left
and then the right eye following trauma.
Selected axial and coronal images from a
CT scan of the orbits are shown. |
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36 |
Nov., 2003 |
A
56-year-old female presented with right
upper quadrant abdominal pain and
hypoglycemia. Selected images from a CT
scan of the abdomen are shown. |
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35 |
Oct., 2003 |
A
41-year-old female presented with
abdominal pain and a clinical suspicion
of an intestinal obstruction. Selected
images from a CT scan and T1 & T2
weighted MRI studies of the abdomen are shown. |
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34 |
Sept., 2003 |
A
56-year-old Asian female presented to
the ER with abdominal pain. Selected
images from a CT scan of the abdomen and
pelvis are shown. |
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33 |
Aug., 2003 |
A
39-year-old female presented with fever
and abdominal pain. Selected images from
a CT scan of the abdomen are shown. |
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32 |
July, 2003 |
A
41-year-old female presented with sudden
onset intense abdominal pain. Selected
cuts from an abdominal CT scan are
shown. |
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31 |
June, 2003 |
A
52-year-old male was discovered on
routine blood screening to have
asymptomatic hypercalcemia and subsequently an elevated
parathormone. A dual-phase Sestamibi scan is shown. |
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30 |
May, 2003 |
A
59-year-old male with no prior
complaints presented with abdominal
pain. Selected cuts from an abdominal CT
scan are shown. |
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29 |
April, 2003 |
A
41-year-old male presented with sudden
onset of intense abdominal pain.
Selected cuts from an abdominal CT scan
are shown. What is this patient's
chronic condition and how has it been
treated? What is the cause of his
current abdominal pain? |
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28 |
March, 2003 |
An
86-year-old female presented with
bilateral diffuse chronic pulmonary
infiltrates. Selected images from a CT
scan of the chest are shown. |
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27 |
Feb., 2003 |
A
29-year-old female with an abnormal
triple screen underwent a prenatal
ultrasound (selected images of the
placenta, fetus, and both ovaries are
shown) in conjunction with a scheduled
amniocentesis. A report from an outside
ultrasound study performed seven weeks
earlier reported a normal ten-week
intrauterine gestation. |
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26 |
Jan., 2003 |
A
52-year-old female presented with
nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain.
Selected images from a CT scan of the
abdomen are shown. |
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25 |
Dec., 2002 |
A
40-year-old female presented with
increased appetite, weight loss,
perspiration, and palpitations. Physical
examination revealed no palpable neck
masses or tenderness. A serum thyroid
profile and an I-123 thyroid scan are
shown. |
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24 |
Nov., 2002 |
A
75-year-old diabetic female presented
with fever, an elevated ESR, and pelvic pain. A CT scan of the abdomen and pelvic was obtained
to search for an occult inflammatory focus. Selected images are shown. |
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23 |
Oct., 2002 |
A
35-year-old female presented with back
pain and a bone scan was performed. What
are your diagnoses (there are three
significant findings)?
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22 |
Sept., 2002 |
A
24-year-old female presented to the
Emergency Department with a sudden onset
of severe abdominal pain and a CT scan
of the abdomen was performed. Selected
images are shown. |
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21 |
Aug., 2002 |
A
35-year-old male presented with
shortness of breath and chest pain. PA
and lateral films of the chest are
shown. |
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20 |
July, 2002 |
A
33-year-old asymptomatic female had a
pre-employment chest x-ray and
subsequently a CT scan. Selected images
are shown. |
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19 |
June, 2002 |
A
29-year-old multipara female presented 5 days
post partum with fever, shortness of breath and abdominal pain. The patient had history of
repeated urinary tract infections and was on appropriate antibiotic coverage for a
recently documented infection at the time of admission. An initial fever of 38 C quickly
subsided; however, her white blood cell count continued to climb to 25,000 and peritonitis
was suspected. Selected images from an abdominal and pelvic CT scan are shown. |
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18 |
May, 2002 |
A
45-year-old female presented to the
Emergency Department with a headache.
Images of the base of the brain from a
non-contrast CT scan were unremarkable.
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17 |
April, 2002 |
A
7-year-old female presents with pain in
the left lower extremity of three
month's duration. Radiographs of the
left tibia and fibula are shown. |
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16 |
March, 2002 |
A
cardiologist requests a consultation a
cardiac MRI performed at an outside institution on a 17-year-old female. Selected T1 spin
echo images are shown. |
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15 |
Feb., 2002 |
A
newborn male presented with failure to
thrive. Selected images from a CT scan
of the abdomen with contrast and a real
time sonogram without and with color
flow Doppler imaging are shown. |
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14 |
Jan., 2002 |
A
59-year-old male presented with
abdominal pain. Selected images
from a CT scan of the abdomen are shown. |
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13 |
Dec., 2001 |
A
38-year-old male presented with back
pain and a history of diabetes insipidus. Selected images from a CT scan of the abdomen and a
MRI study of the base of the brain (spin echo T1 images before and after contrast) are
shown. |
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12 |
Nov., 2001 |
A
35-year-old female presented with left
lower quadrant pain, rule/out diverticulitis. Selected images from a pelvic CT are shown. |
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11 |
Oct., 2001 |
A
55-year-old female with a history of
"arthritis" presented with pain in her
right lower extremity and a bone scan
was performed. |
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10 |
Sept., 2001 |
An
83-year-old male in the ICU, presented
with hemoptysis. A chest x-ray showed bilateral effusions and left lower lobe atelectasis. A
spiral CT scan of the chest with intravenous contrast was performed. |
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9 |
Aug., 2001 |
A
39-year-old female was admitted to the
hospital with cough and a history of
lung "masses". PA and Lateral
chest x-rays are shown along with
selected CT scans. |
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8 |
July, 2001 |
A
46-year-old female underwent an upper
gastrointestinal series and small bowel
study for vague abdominal pain. A
selected radiograph from these studies
is shown. |
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7 |
June, 2001 |
A
48-year-old female with a history of
breast cancer had a bone scan and plain
radiographs. Selected images are
shown. |
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6 |
May, 2001 |
A
52-year-old female presented with
progressive epigastric abdominal pain. Past history revealed prior surgical removal of a
"large cystic mass". Images from her ultrasound, spin echo MRI, and CT
scan studies of the abdomen are shown. |
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5 |
April, 2001 |
A
79-year-old female had a recent
mammogram showing suspicious
calcifications in the upper outer
quadrant of the left breast.
Biopsy revealed poorly differentiated,
high-grade comedo-type DCIS in a palpable 1.1cm
mass. She had a remote history of right breast cancer in 1966. Right shoulder
x-rays, a bone scan, and a CT scan of the chest abdomen and pelvis were performed. |
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4 |
March, 2001 |
A
70-year-old female was admitted to the
hospital with increasing fevers and a
long history of fever of unknown origin
with repeatedly negative blood cultures.
Selected CT scans of the abdomen are
shown. |
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3 |
Feb., 2001 |
An
11-year-old male with abdominal pain, hematochezia, and anemia (Hb = 4.5), was admitted to the hospital. Endoscopy and a
gastrointestinal bleeding scan were unremarkable. Selected films from an upper
gastrointestinal series and a CT scan of the abdomen are shown. |
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2 |
Jan., 2001 |
A
33-year-old female with a chronic
respiratory abnormality and multiple
documented allergies was admitted to the
hospital with bronchospasm, fever and an abnormal chest x-ray. The admission PA and lateral chest
x-rays are shown. |
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1 |
Dec., 2000 |
A
17-year-old male presents to the
Emergency Department with cough, fever,
and a sore throat. Selected CT scans of
the chest and neck are shown. |
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