Items tagged “images”
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Traumatic aortic injury in the exam
Getting a film with traumatic aortic injury in the exam is one of the many exam set-pieces that can be prepared for.
This is one of the cases you should look and not speak for 10 seconds as there tends to be a lot of findings on the film of patients with a traumatic aortic injury.
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Diffuse colonic nodularity (differential)
Diffuse colonic nodularity on barium enema or CT colonography has a range of possible etiologies:
lymphoid hyperplasia (tend to be small and discrete)
lymphoma (tend to be larger nodules and confluent)
urticaria (closely spaced polygonal lesions, history is often helpful)
pseudomembranous co...
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Bunionette
A bunionette, also known as a tailor's bunion or metatarsus quintus valgus, is a bony prominence at the lateral 5th metatarsal head. It is the lateral counterpart of the more common bunion of the first metatarsophalangeal joint, and when they occur together (often with spreading of the other met...
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BSBR breast imaging classification
The British Society of Breast Radiologists (BSBR) publish with the Royal College of Radiologists a standardized classification for breast imaging in the United Kingdom. The first edition in 2009 was based on findings from the RCR Breast Group (RCRBG) 1 with the current fourth edition published i...
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Doege-Potter syndrome
Doege-Potter syndrome is a paraneoplastic non-islet cell tumor hypoglycemia, secondary to a solitary fibrous tumor, most commonly pulmonary, secreting insulin-like growth factor-2 (IGF-2).
It is rare and more often found with higher grade solitary fibrous tumors 1-4.
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Beryllium
Beryllium (chemical symbol Be) is an alkaline earth metallic element, that has no known function in any organism. Unfortunately beryllium is very poisonous, manifesting as chronic beryllium lung disease, which causes premature mortality in one third 1.
Chemistry
Basic chemistry
Beryllium is a...
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Great vessels
The great vessels is the collective term given to the major arteries and veins that convey blood to and away from the heart:
aorta
pulmonary artery
pulmonary veins
superior vena cava
inferior vena cava
The branches and tributaries of these named vessels are not great vessels, e.g. brachioc...
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