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Chris O'Donnell

MB BS, FRANZCR, M.Med, GradDipForMed, FFFPMI (RCPA)

Chris is a specialist necroradiologist and consultant forensic radiologist at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM), and adjunct senior lecturer, Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University.  He also works as a clinical radiologist.  He installed one of the world’s first mortuary-based CT scanners at VIFM in 2005 and was lead radiologist in the Black Saturday bushfire DVI operation in 2009.  He has trained many local and international forensic pathologists and radiologists in post-mortem CT (PMCT).

Chris is convenor of an annual short course in PMCT interpretation for Monash University that has now become a unit of the Monash University Master of Forensic Medicine programme.  He provides expert opinion on forensic matters to the criminal justice system of Victoria and other states of Australia. He is past chair of the International Society of Forensic Radiology and Imaging, and is currently overseeing the installation of an MRI scanner into the mortuary at VIFM.

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Meningioma invading superior sagittal sinus

 Diagnosis probable
Chris O'Donnell
Published 25 Aug 2014
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Skull vault epidermoid

 Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 22 Aug 2014
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Prominent soleal line: tibial pseudoperiostitis

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Published 19 Aug 2014
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Chronic tophaceous gout

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Published 18 Aug 2014
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Insertable cardiac monitor

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Published 18 Aug 2014
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Plantar fibroma

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Published 13 Aug 2014
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Deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap

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Published 11 Aug 2014
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Ovarian endometrioma

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Published 11 Aug 2014
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Laryngeal rupture

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Published 03 Aug 2014
71% complete
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Turbulent flow in thoracic aortic aneurysm

 Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 03 Aug 2014
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Adrenal metastasis from colorectal cancer

 Diagnosis possible
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Published 01 Aug 2014
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Antibiotic-loaded cement plugs

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Published 01 Aug 2014
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Optic-chiasmatic pilocytic astrocytoma

 Diagnosis probable
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Published 30 Jul 2014
71% complete
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Perforated, malignant large bowel obstruction due to cecal distension and venous ischemia

 Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 30 Jul 2014
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Recurrent cystic hygroma - adult

 Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 29 Jul 2014
77% complete
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Marked hard plaque (tartar) and floating teeth due to severe periodontal disease

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Published 26 Jul 2014
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Sclerotic metastases from carcinoma of the prostate

 Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 26 Jul 2014
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Posterior frontal sinus erosion following chronic sinusitis

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 26 Jul 2014
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Spontaneous (atraumatic) splenic rupture

 Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 20 Jul 2014
77% complete
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Central fracture dislocation of the 5th metacarpo-hamate joint

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 20 Jul 2014
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Inferior mesenteric thrombophlebitis secondary to sigmoid diverticulitis

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 20 Jul 2014
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Contained duodenal ulcer perforation

 Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 16 Jul 2014
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Isolated medial blow-out orbital fracture: orbital and blepharal emphysema

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 28 Jun 2014
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Upward transtentorial herniation due to cerebellar metastasis

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 26 Jun 2014
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Hemorrhagic cystitis

 Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 26 Jun 2014
77% complete
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Megaesophagus post gastric banding

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 25 Jun 2014
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Hematospermia

 Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 25 Jun 2014
65% complete
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Accessory occipital-C1 articulation

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 09 Jun 2014
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Rapidly growing small bowel lymphoma

 Diagnosis probable
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Published 09 Jun 2014
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Posterior dislocation of the right hip

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 09 Jun 2014
95% complete
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Spontaneous right ICA and vertebral artery dissection - underlying fibromuscular dysplasia

 Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 08 Jun 2014
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Appendicitis post recent cesarian section

 Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 07 Jun 2014
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Incisional hernia

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 06 Jun 2014
77% complete
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Traumatic separation of abdominal musculature from the iliac crest

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 06 Jun 2014
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Unfused anterior arch of the atlas (in a child)

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 06 Jun 2014
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Acute terminal ileal diverticulitis

 Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 05 Jun 2014
80% complete
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Bony Bankart lesion - post dislocation

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 05 Jun 2014
83% complete
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Traumatic abdominal wall hernia

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 04 Jun 2014
80% complete
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Chronic subcapsular hepatic hematoma

 Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 04 Jun 2014
65% complete
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Avulsion fracture coraco-clavicular ligament origin

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 26 May 2014
80% complete
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Missed neck of femur fracture

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 24 May 2014
92% complete
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Aspirated food bolus obstruction of left main bronchus

 Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 24 May 2014
92% complete
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Accessory ossicle on the inferior angle of scapula

 Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 10 May 2014
95% complete
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Prominent intraosseous arachnoid granulations (foveolae granulations)

 Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 10 May 2014
80% complete
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Foreign body in hand (not a 6th digit)

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 07 May 2014
75% complete
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Primary lumbar epidural abscess

 Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 07 May 2014
77% complete
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Resolution of "hyperdense" middle cerebral artery post tPA thrombolysis

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 07 May 2014
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Lung cancer with superior vena caval invasion

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 07 May 2014
92% complete
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Chronic barium peritonitis and small bowel obstruction

 Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 06 May 2014
77% complete
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Neurocysticercosis

 Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 28 Apr 2014
77% complete
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Small bowel obstruction at a loop ileostomy stoma

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 28 Apr 2014
92% complete
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Colonic interposition of the esophagus

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 25 Apr 2014
89% complete
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Large gastric ulcer

 Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 25 Apr 2014
77% complete
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Pontine hemorrhage

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 24 Apr 2014
95% complete
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Focal traumatic subdural hematoma in a baby

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 24 Apr 2014
92% complete
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Perimesenchephalic subarachnoid hemorrhage

 Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 24 Apr 2014
77% complete
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Dislocated 12th rib (costo-transverse joint)

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 23 Apr 2014
89% complete
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Gas in the pancreatic duct - pneumopancreatica

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 23 Apr 2014
80% complete
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Mucus plugging

 Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 13 Apr 2014
65% complete
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Metastatic non-adrenal pheochromocytoma (paraganglioma)

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 13 Apr 2014
89% complete
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Osteoblastic metastases from non-small cell lung carcinoma

 Diagnosis probable
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Published 13 Apr 2014
65% complete
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Glass eye, large liver syndrome (Villaret)

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 12 Apr 2014
92% complete
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Retrosternal goiter involving the Zuckerkandl tubercle

 Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 11 Apr 2014
74% complete
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Loop-the-loop internal carotid artery

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 10 Apr 2014
83% complete
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Stent-grafted cavernous carotid aneurysm

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 10 Apr 2014
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Post non-ionic contrast myelogram

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 08 Apr 2014
89% complete
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Pneumomediastinum post amphetamine smoking

 Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 30 Mar 2014
74% complete
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Actively bleeding colonic malignancy

 Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 26 Mar 2014
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Jugular foramen schwannoma

 Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 26 Mar 2014
71% complete
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Spontaneous cervical epidural hematoma

 Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 25 Mar 2014
77% complete
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Massive gas leak post colonoscopic biopsy

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 25 Mar 2014
80% complete
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Acute otitis media: bulging tympanic membrane

 Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 17 Mar 2014
59% complete
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Laryngeal trauma - left submucosal glottic hematoma

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 15 Mar 2014
83% complete
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Fracture dislocation of humeral head: four-part based on Neer classification

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 13 Mar 2014
92% complete
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Sacral insufficency fractures

 Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 11 Mar 2014
68% complete
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Left atrial metastasis from soft tissue sarcoma

 Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 03 Mar 2014
62% complete
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Metastatic colorectal cancer to the frontal sinus

 Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 03 Mar 2014
77% complete
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Spontaneous rupture of hepatocellular carcinoma

 Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 02 Mar 2014
92% complete
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Multiple cystic lung metastases: colorectal cancer primary

 Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 02 Mar 2014
74% complete
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Rectus abdominis muscles (six-pack)

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 02 Mar 2014
80% complete
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Displaced calf implants

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 01 Mar 2014
89% complete
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Crohn disease presenting as small bowel obstruction

 Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 27 Feb 2014
77% complete
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Gallstone ileus

 Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 27 Feb 2014
95% complete
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Acute on chronic subdural hematoma

 Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 27 Feb 2014
92% complete
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Kerley B lines on CT

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 27 Feb 2014
92% complete
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Loculated acute subdural hematoma masquerading as an extradural

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 27 Feb 2014
95% complete
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Fatty liver (steatosis)

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 26 Feb 2014
92% complete
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Acute pyelonephritis and emphysematous pyonephrosis

 Diagnosis probable
Chris O'Donnell
Published 26 Feb 2014
71% complete
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Delayed rupture of the spleen - traumatic pseudoaneurysms and A-V fistula

 Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 17 Feb 2014
74% complete
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Pancreatic pseudocyst causing gastric outlet obstruction

 Diagnosis certain
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Published 16 Feb 2014
92% complete
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Osteomyelitis - Tc99m MDP SPECT/CT

 Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 16 Feb 2014
79% complete
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Lead pipe colon - Crohn disease

 Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 16 Feb 2014
80% complete
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Metastatic mucinous adenocarcinoma of the colon with calcification

 Diagnosis probable
Chris O'Donnell
Published 15 Feb 2014
65% complete
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Multiple scalp trichilemmal cysts (wens)

 Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 15 Feb 2014
77% complete
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