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A 35-year-old woman with a lengthy history of headaches has no significant prior medical history. She is investigated with an MRI of the brain. What is the most likely cause of her headaches?

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Question 1792

A 22-year-old otherwise well woman with no known medical history presents with a lobar hemorrhage in the parietal lobe. The most likely diagnosis is...

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Question 881

What is seen in the right upper zone in this 90-year-old patient who has a past medical history remarkable for tuberculosis that was treated over 70 years ago?

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Medical abbreviations and acronyms (P)

This article contains a list of commonly used medical abbreviations and acronyms that start with the letter P and may be encountered in medicine and radiology (please keep the main list and any sublists in alphabetic order). A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R ...

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Question 2694

A 70-year-old patient with no medical history presented with generalized tonic-clonic seizure. Head CT showed intracerebral hemorrhage. Based solely on these MR images, and presuming no hemorrhage was present in the deep grey nuclei or brainstem, what is the most likely diagnosis?

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Question 2124

A patient without prior medical history was involved in a motor vehicle collision and arrives obtunded. The patient undergoes noncontrast CT of the head and cervical spine. At the acquisition scanner, you identify scattered convexal subarachnoid hemorrhage and fractures of the right petrous temporal bone, characterized as otic-capsule sparing, coursing to the sigmoid plate, and not clearly involving the petrous carotid canal on that side. Based on this information, which of the following imaging tests is the most appropriate next step?

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Investigating altered consciousness (summary)

This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists Altered consciousness or confusion is a common reason for admission to hospital, and involvement of radiology 1,2. Although the most common reason for acute confusion is intoxication which will improve - when altered neuro...

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Duke criteria for infective endocarditis

The Duke criteria are a set of clinical criteria set forward for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis. For diagnosis of definite infective endocarditis by clinical criteria the requirement is 4: 2 major criteria or 1 major and 3 minor criteria or 5 minor criteria For diagnosis of possib...

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Varicocele embolization

Varicocele embolization is a minimally invasive method of treating varicoceles by embolizing the testicular vein (internal spermatic veins). Indications symptomatic varicocele infertility/subfertility failed surgical ligation Contraindications Relative contraindications include: ...

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CT cisternography

Computed tomography (CT) cisternography is a minimally-invasive imaging technique used to visualize the intracranial CSF cisterns using iodinated contrast medium injected into the subarachnoid space. Indications detect and localize active CSF leaks through the skull base (CSF rhinorrhea or CSF...

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Investigating seizures (summary)

This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists Seizures are a common medical emergency and presentation to emergency departments 1-3. All new seizures or changes in seizure activity merit assessment with neurologists, and usually require neuroimaging 3,4. They can be di...

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Ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous cannulation

Peripheral intravenous cannulation under ultrasound guidance is the placement of a cannula into a peripherally-located vein under the direct vision of ultrasound. This process allows the cannulation of veins that are unable to be visualized or palpated without ultrasound. In trained individuals ...

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Basal ganglia hemorrhage

Basal ganglia hemorrhages are a common form of intracerebral hemorrhage, and usually result from poorly controlled long-standing hypertension, although they also have other causes. When due to chronic hypertension, the stigmata of chronic hypertensive encephalopathy are often present (see cerebr...

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Brugada syndrome

A cardiac "channelopathy" resulting from mutations in genes coding for cardiac sodium (Na+) channels, the Brugada syndrome is a common cardiac cause of sudden death in patients with structurally normal hearts. Epidemiology Age of diagnosis ranges from 2 days to 84 years old. It is estimated to...

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Investigation of the limping child (summary)

This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists The limping child is a common diagnostic quandary faced in emergency departments that deal with pediatric patients. The causes of limp in children are protean and vary with the age of the child. Assessment The important f...

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Intralabyrinthine schwannoma

Intralabyrinthine schwannomas, schwannomas that arise within the membranous labyrinth (cochlea, vestibule, or semicircular canals), are uncommon compared to vestibular schwannomas and can be challenging to diagnose. Terminology It should be noted that the term intralabyrinthine schwannoma is u...

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Drug-induced renal calculi

Drug-induced renal calculi are a subtype of renal calculi, whereby the stone formation is related to the patient's medication. Two main types of drug-induced calculi are described: medication-containing metabolically-induced Epidemiology Overall drug-induced urolithiasis accounts for 1-2% o...

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Lung cancer associated with cystic airspaces

Lung cancer associated with cystic airspaces, rather than a distinct disease, represents a spectrum of radiological patterns of tumor growth mainly characterized by lesions arising or abutting the walls of cystic airspaces. Attention to this pattern has been brought in recent decades primarily d...

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Medical abbreviations and acronyms (M)

This article contains a list of commonly used medical abbreviations and acronyms that start with the letter M and may be encountered in medicine and radiology (please keep the main list and any sublists in alphabetic order). A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R ...

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Miminally invasive direct coronary artery bypass

Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) is a novel method for bypassing diseased coronary arteries that can replace open coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG) in certain situations, most commonly when bypassing the left anterior descending artery (LAD) with a left internal thora...

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Medical abbreviations and acronyms (P)

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Investigating altered consciousness (summary)

Duke criteria for infective endocarditis

Varicocele embolization

CT cisternography

Investigating seizures (summary)

Ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous cannulation

Basal ganglia hemorrhage

Brugada syndrome

Investigation of the limping child (summary)

Intralabyrinthine schwannoma

Drug-induced renal calculi

Lung cancer associated with cystic airspaces

Medical abbreviations and acronyms (M)

Miminally invasive direct coronary artery bypass

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