Items tagged “medical student”
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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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Chest x-ray: lines and tubes (summary)
This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists
Chest x-ray lines and tubes can be easily assessed and should be the first thing that you look at when reviewing a chest x-ray. Assessment of their position is important, but they also give you an idea about how sick the pa...
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Chest x-ray (summary)
This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists
Chest x-rays are performed frequently in the assessment of a vast number of sick (and potentially very sick) patients.
A chest x-ray can be performed in the radiology department (usually with the patient standing up) or b...
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Trauma films (summary approach)
This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists
Trauma films are ubiquitous in an orthopedic attachment and also in the Emergency Department.
In most cases, a trauma film will come with two views. It is important that you review both films because in some cases a fractu...
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Investigation of polyarthritis (summary)
This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists
Polyarthritis (arthritis affecting several joints) is common, especially in older patients. Symptoms may range from mild pain and restriction to severe, debilitating disease with mutilated joints.
Assessment
Arthritis may...
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Pelvic fractures (summary)
This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists
Pelvic fractures are a heterogeneous group of injuries that can occur secondary to a variety of mechanisms that range from an innocuous simple fall to severe high-energy trauma in a road traffic collision.
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Distal radial fracture (summary)
This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists
Distal radial fractures are a relatively common group of injuries that usually occur following a fall. The commonest of these fractures is a transverse extra-articular fracture and where there is associated dorsal angulatio...
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Forearm fracture (summary)
This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists
Forearm fractures are a group of fractures that occur in the forearm following trauma. The radius and ulna are bound together at the proximal and distal radioulnar joints and act as a ring. Like elsewhere in the body, it is...
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Humeral shaft fracture (summary)
This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists
Humeral shaft fractures are readily diagnosed and do not usually require internal fixation.
Reference article
This is a summary article. For more information, you can read a more in-depth reference article: humeral shaft...
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Slipped upper femoral epiphysis (summary)
This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists
Slipped upper femoral epiphysis (SUFE), also known as a slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE), is a relatively common condition affecting the physis of the proximal femur in adolescents. It is one of commonest hip abnor...
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Acute pancreatitis (summary)
This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists
Acute pancreatitis refers to acute inflammation of the pancreas and is a potentially life-threatening condition.
Reference article
This is a summary article; read more in our article on acute pancreatitis.
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Appendicitis (summary)
This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists
Appendicitis occurs when there is inflammation of the vermiform appendix. It is a very common condition and is a major cause of abdominal surgery in young patients. CT is the most sensitive modality to detect appendicitis a...
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Abdominal radiology for students (curriculum)
This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists
Abdominal radiology curriculum for medical students is broadly split into content that refers to imaging (the test and findings) and conditions that are considered key for this stage of training.
Some non-abdominal conditi...
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Acute cholecystitis (summary)
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Acute cholecystitis refers to the acute inflammation of the gallbladder. It is the primary complication of cholelithiasis and the most common cause of acute pain in the right upper quadrant (RUQ).
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Diverticulitis (summary)
This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists
Diverticulitis is one of the presentations of diverticular disease and is most often a complication of colonic diverticulosis. Differentiating one from the other is critical since uncomplicated diverticulosis is mostly asym...
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Colorectal cancer (summary)
This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists
Colorectal cancer, also called colorectal carcinoma (CRC), is the most common cancer of the gastrointestinal tract and the second most frequently diagnosed malignancy in adults. CT and MRI are the modalities most frequently...
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Abdominal aortic aneurysm (summary)
This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists
Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) are focal dilatations of the abdominal aorta that are 50% greater than the proximal normal segment or >3 cm in maximum diameter.
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Intestinal ischemia (summary)
This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists
Intestinal ischemia refers to vascular compromise of the bowel which in the acute setting has a very high mortality if not treated expediently. Diagnosis is often straight forward provided appropriate imaging is obtained. T...
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Malignant biliary tract obstruction (summary)
This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists
Malignant biliary tract obstruction (MBTO) represents a group of conditions that cause obstructive jaundice. While most examples are the result of pancreatic head cancers, other malignancies may be causative.
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CT abdomen (summary)
This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists
CT abdomen is an increasingly common investigation that is used to help make diagnoses of a broad range of pathologies. A CT abdomen in its simplest form is a CT from diaphragm to symphysis pubis performed 60 seconds after ...
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