The Radiopaedia editors have had a recurring commitment to prank the collective radiology community each year on April 1, an informal holiday known as April Fools' day. Sometimes months in the planning and creation, the pseudo-pathologies depicted on imaging are an exciting annual project the editors look forward to with mischievous childish delight. Each case is shared across our social media network and the growth in page visits each year is largely a reflection of our growing social media influence. However, with the increase in disinformation on the internet, this has been discontinued as not to contribute further to this problem despite the lighthearted nature.
List of April Fools' pranks
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2012: Maxillary tettigoniidaosis
page visited 1,565 times over the April 1 period
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2013: Von Schlapp syndrome
page visited 6,157 times over the April 1 period
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2014: Teapot syndrome
page visited 62,157 times over the April 1 period
official Wikipedia article for "I'm a little teapot" edited by someone to include 'teapot syndrome' as the inspiration behind the song; this has since been edited.
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2015: Tin Man syndrome
page visited 201,000 times over the April 1 period
Facebook post seen by more than 1.8 million people
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2016: Cactus disease
> 500,000 page visits
> 5 million people reached on Facebook
2017: Apple Eye!
2018: Serpentine syndrome
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2021: Radiopaedia hard copy
13 volume set, leather-bound, gold embossed
over 30,000 people clicked the link to pre-order their copy
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