Items tagged “medical student”
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Increased cardiothoracic ratio (summary)
This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists
Increased cardiothoracic ratio describes widening of the cardiac silhouette on a chest radiograph. This is only of use when making an assessment of a PA chest x-ray since the AP chest x-ray causes the artefactual magnificat...
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CVC position on chest x-ray (summary)
This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists
Chest x-ray CVC (central venous catheter) position should be assessed following initial placement and on subsequent radiographs.
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CT chest (summary)
This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists
Chest CT is a computed tomography examination of the thoracic cavity performed for a variety of reasons, from suspected cancer to penetrating chest trauma.
A CT chest can be performed with or without IV contrast and when I...
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Supracondylar fracture (summary)
This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists
Supracondylar fractures are the commonest fracture at the elbow in pediatric patients. They result from force applied across the elbow, usually following a fall. The supracondylar region is the weakest point in the developi...
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Brain mass lesion (summary)
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Brain mass lesions are a broad collection of pathological processes that result in changes on brain imaging (usually CT or MRI). They are a very disparate group of conditions ranging from infection (abscess) to brain tumors...
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Cerebral edema (summary)
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Cerebral edema describes the collection of additional fluid within the white matter of the brain. It is the brain's response to an insult and may take one of two broad forms: vasogenic (white matter) and cytotoxic (grey and...
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Intracranial mass effect (summary)
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Intracranial mass effect describes what happens around a tumor in the brain. It is important to make the distinction between an abnormality that causes mass effect and compresses adjacent structures, and one that does not. ...
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Tuberculosis (summary)
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Tuberculosis (TB) is a mycobacterial airborne infection that is typically asymptomatic in children but can reactivate in later life causing a destructive cavitating contagious pneumonia. Occasionally TB spreads through the ...
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Bronchiectasis (summary)
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Bronchiectasis refers to permanent dilatation of the airways secondary to chronic inflammation or infection. It is the common pathological response of bronchi to a variety of congenital and acquired conditions.
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Acute abdominal pain
Acute abdominal pain is a common acute presentation in clinical practice. It encompasses a very broad range of possible etiologies and diagnoses, and imaging is routinely employed as the primary investigative tool in its modern management.
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A subgroup of patients with acute abdomina...
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Inhaled foreign body
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Malpositioned nasogastric tube
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28 Apr 2020
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Left lower lobe pneumonia
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28 Apr 2020
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Investigating diplopia (summary)
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Diplopia, also known as double vision, is a visual symptom of seeing two images of a single object.
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Investigating strabismus (summary)
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Strabismus, commonly known as "crossed eyes" or "squint," is a visual disorder characterized by the misalignment of the eyes 1.
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Investigating amblyopia (summary)
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Amblyopia, often referred to as a "lazy eye", is a vision development disorder where an eye fails to achieve normal visual acuity, despite the use of prescription spectacles or contact lenses.
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Hemorrhagic stroke (summary)
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Hemorrhagic stroke is a clinical diagnosis where an acute neurological deficit follows a bleed into the brain parenchyma.
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This is a summary article; read more in our article on intracerebral hemorrhage.
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