Category: Cases

  • ARRS COTW- June 11, 2018

    GENITOURINARY IMAGING: Collecting System, Ureter, Bladder Case Author: Rupan Sanyal, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham History 26-year-old woman with pelvic pain and multiple skin lesions. Imaging Findings Axial (A) and coronal (B) contrast-enhanced CT images show severe diffuse bladder wall thickening. Axial bone window CT image (C) shows widening of the sacral neural foramen…

  • ARRS Case of the Week- June 4, 2018

    BREAST IMAGING: Breast MRI Case Author: Peter R. Eby, MD, Virginia Mason Medical Center History 68-year-old woman undergoing screening MRI 1 year after lumpectomy. Imaging Findings Axial (A) and sagittal (B) contrast-enhanced T1-weighted fat-suppressed breast MR images show a lobulated mass with irregular margins and rim enhancement in the lower outer right breast. T1-weighted image…

  • ARRS Case of the Week- May 21, 2018

    MUSCULOSKELETAL IMAGING: Metabolic/Hematologic Case Author: Daniel E. Wessell, MD, PhD, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University in Saint Louis History 27-year-old man with left knee pain. Imaging Findings Coronal fat-suppressed T2-weighted fast spin-echo (A) and T1-weighted spin-echo (B) MR images of the left knee show nodular replacement of the normal fatty marrow. T1-weighted MR…

  • ARRS Case of the Week- May 15, 2018

    NEURORADIOLOGY: Pediatric/Congenital Case Author: Sumit Pruthi, MBBS, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt University History 14-year-old girl with low back pain Imaging Findings Posteroanterior radiograph (A) and 3D volume-rendered CT scan (B) of the spine shows moderate right convex thoracolumbar scoliosis and a wedge-shaped vertebral body at thoracolumbar junction. Diagnosis Hemivertebral body anomaly (congenital…

  • ARRS Case of the Week- May 7, 2018

    CHEST IMAGING: Immunocompromised Case Author: Maria Shiau, MD, New York University School of Medicine, Langone Medical Center History 40-year-old man with AIDS, increasing cough, and low-grade fever. Imaging Findings Posteroanterior chest radiograph (A) shows multiple bilateral pulmonary nodules and masses. Axial CT images in lung windows (B–E) show a right upper lobe nodule and multiple…

  • ARRS Case of the Week- Apr 30, 2018

    CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING: Thoracic Arteries Case Author: Diana Litmanovich, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center History 89-year-old man with chest pain. Imaging Findings MDCT angiogram of the chest (A) shows a large, irregular soft-tissue filling defect along the posterior aspect of the distal aortic arch that protrudes into the lumen. Coronal (B) and sagittal (C) reformatted…

  • ARRS Case of the Week- Apr 16, 2018

    PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY: Musculoskeletal Radiology Case Author: Krista L. Birkemeier, MD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center History 13-year-old male baseball player with right shoulder pain for 3 months who reports no trauma when asked about it.   Imaging Findings Frontal radiograph of the right shoulder (A) shows mild widening and irregularity (arrow) of the lateral aspect…

  • ARRS Case of the Week- Apr 9, 2018

    ULTRASOUND: Low urine output after renal transplant Case Author: Deborah Rubens, MD, University of Rochester History 61-year-old man who has undergone hepatic and renal transplants and has worsening renal function. Ultrasound has been performed, and the next step must be determined. Imaging Findings Transverse color Doppler image with spectral tracing obtained postoperatively on day of…

  • ARRS Case of the Week- Mar 27, 2018

    GENITOURINARY IMAGING: Collecting System, Ureter, Bladder Case Author: Matthew S. Hartman, MD, Allegheny General Hospital History 45-year-old diabetic woman with microscopic hematuria Imaging Findings Coronal volume-rendered reconstruction of excretory phase CT urogram (A) shows bilateral irregular calyces with contrast-filled clefts. Coronal reformatted image (B) shows contrast material from the collecting system filling a cavity in…

  • ARRS Case of the Week- Apr 2, 2018

    BREAST IMAGING: Breast MRI Case Author: Peter R. Eby, MD, Virginia Mason Medical Center History 47-year-old woman without symptoms but at high risk undergoing screening breast MRI. Imaging Findings Axial (A) and sagittal (B) contrast-enhanced T1-weighted fat-suppressed breast MR images show a segmental area of linear nonmasslike enhancement (NMLE) in the 9 o’clock position, middle…