Items tagged “differential diagnosis”
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Multiple filling defects of the ureter (differential)
Multiple filling defects within a ureter, as seen on conventional IVU or CT IVU, have a relatively small differential including:
spreading or multifocal transitional cell carcinoma (TCC)
vascular indentations
multiple ureteral stones (steinstrasse)
blood clots
ureteritis cystica
Stevens-Jo...
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Granular mucosal pattern of the esophagus (differential)
Granular mucosal pattern of the esophagus represents very fine nodularity of the esophageal mucosal surface. This finding is non-specific and may represent:
reflux esophagitis (most common)
Candida esophagitis
glycogenic acanthosis
Barrett esophagus
superficial spreading esophageal carcinom...
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Solitary filling defect of the ureter (differential)
Solitary filling defect within a ureter, as seen on conventional IVU or CT IVU has some differentials, including:
within the lumen
calculus
sloughed papilla
blood clot
benign polyp
within the wall
transitional cell carcinoma (TCC)
tuberculosis
metastasis
endometriosis
When multiple ...
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Main differentials in musculoskeletal imaging
Here is a list of some of the most useful differential diagnoses in musculoskeletal imaging.
By process
lucent/lytic bone lesions (FEGNOMASHIC)
multiple lucent/lytic bone lesions
benign lytic bone lesions in patients under 30 years old
diffuse bony sclerosis
permeative process in bone
pse...
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Leave alone lesions - breast
Breast leave alone lesions are so characteristic on mammography that further diagnostic tests such as a biopsy are unnecessary. All of these lesions are entirely benign and known as BI-RADS 2 findings:
lipoma: fat density; well-defined rounded lesion
oil cyst: fat density; well-defined lesion;...
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