Vikas Shah on Radiopaedia.org

Vikas Shah

BSc MBBS MRCP FRCR

Vikas enjoys teaching abdominal and emergency imaging and has a particular passion for delivering radiology education using social media. He is an Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Leicester, and the Radiology Lead for Leicester Medical School.

He taught on Radiopaedia's Abdominal Emergency Radiology Course and Radiology Review Course 2019 and was a co-convener of the Radiopaedia 2021, 2022 and 2023 Virtual Conferences, and will be involved with the upcoming Radiopaedia 2024 Virtual Conference.

Outside of work, Vikas is kept busy by his children and is slowly mastering the art of Lego! 

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Question 1334

Which of these features is more characteristic of ileocecal involvement by Crohn's disease than by tuberculosis?

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Question 1545

Which of these is the most common fat-containing renal lesion?

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Question 1546

What proportion of renal angiomyolipomas are sporadic in origin?

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Question 1552

Which of the following features is more typical of Crohn disease than ulcerative colitis?

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Question 1593

What is the correct term for this peripancreatic collection?

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Question 2060

What is the most frequent indication for emergency non-obstetric surgery in pregnancy?

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Question 2065

This is an MRI study of the abdomen and pelvis in a pregnant woman. On this axial gradient echo sequence image, what are the paired right retroperitoneal structures?

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Question 2070

Which of the following is a type of a true diverticulum?

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Question 2089

A 25-year-old male presents with a 2-week history of acute breathlessness and chest pain. CT thorax with contrast shows a heterogeneous anterior mediastinal mass and multiple lung nodules. Which is the next best step for diagnosis?

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Question 2473

Which sign of pneumoperitoneum is seen on this abdominal radiograph?

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Question 2474

What diagnosis may be inferred from this abdominal radiograph?

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Question 2475

This image is from day 1 of a colonic transit study, with ingestion of 20 markers. How many markers on the day 5 x-ray would indicate normal colonic transit?

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Question 2682

In abdominal CT for patients with no bowel symptoms, in what approximate percentage of studies is the bowel wall fat halo sign seen as an incidental finding?

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Question 2683

Which technetium-99 labeled tracer is used for the detection of foci of splenic tissue?