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 2088

A 30-year-old patient has a CT thorax which shows an anterior mediastinal mass with a fat-fluid level. Which is most likely?

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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 2139

Which animals lend their name to this imaging sign?

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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 2476

On the basis of this radiograph of a 30-year-old man, what would you expect the main presenting symptom to be?

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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?

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Question 2812

Following esophagectomy, which complications account for the highest mortality in the immediate post-operative period?

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Question 2813

In the assessment of post-esophagectomy anastomotic leak on oral contrast CT of the thorax, if there is no oral contrast leak and no mediastinal free gas, what is the likelihood there is an anastomotic leak?

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Question 2814

In the assessment of post-esophagectomy anastomotic leak, which diagnostic investigation carries the least risk?