Musculoskeletal #1 – Flashcard

Images of a CT bone window are shown.

What do you see?

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Paget’s disease of the skull

1. Mixed lytic and sclerotic lesions of the skull (cotton wool appearance).
2. Widening of the diploic space.
3. Frontal bone enlargement giving the appearance of the Tam o’Shanter hat

Tam o’Shanter hat

Emergency #10 – Long case

23-year-old male:
* Blunt force trauma of the abdomen
* Patient is hemodynamically stable

What do you see?

Arterial phase

Venous phase

Arterial phase

Venous phase

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Findings:

* Linear zone of hypodensity through the pancreatic body on both phases
* Surrounding fluid with relatively high-density retroperitoneal AND intraperitoneal

Note that the pancreas may appear normal in 20%-40% of patients when CT is performed within 12 h after trauma
MRCP may be useful to evaluate the integrity of the pancreatic duct

Pancreatic fracture:

* Complete laceration of the pancreatic body: AAST Grade III
* Require surgery within 24h
* Possible complications: fistula, pseudocyst, pancreatitis, abscesses, hemorrhage, pseudo-aneurysm
* Usually, injuries of other organs as well

Treatment in this case: distal pancreatectomy and closing of main pancreatic duct transsection, discharge to hospital in home country after 2 weeks

Neuroradiology #10 – Flashcard

What do you see in the following images?

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Cerebellopontine angle meningioma

* Extra-axial CP angle mass.
* Heterogenous low signal intensity on T2.
* Intense enhancement on post-contrast images with thickening and enhancement of the tentorium cerebelli.
* No intracanalicular extension.
Differential diagnosis: Schwannoma, ependymoma, metastasis