Category: Cases

  • ARRS Case of the Week- Dec 26, 2017

    CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING: Coronary Arteries Case Author: Eric Kimura-Hayama, MD, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez History 65-year-old man with new onset of chest pain after surgical revascularization; CT angiography has been performed, and the next step must be determined. Imaging Findings Frontal (A) and left lateral (B) volume-rendered CT images show two left mediastinal vascular…

  • ARRS Case of the Week- Dec 18, 2017

    CHEST IMAGING: Diaphragm and Pleura Case Author: Rachna Madan, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital History 62-year-old man with lower chest and abdominal pain and a feeling of fullness. Imaging Findings Posteroanterior (A) and lateral (B) chest radiographs show a large mass of variable radiographic density in the right lower hemothorax and right cardiophrenic angle. In…

  • ARRS Case of the Week- Dec 11, 2017

    PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY: Musculoskeletal Radiology Case Author: Ricardo Restrepo, MD, Miami Children’s Hospital History 14-year-old boy with right knee pain for 3 months who reports no trauma when asked about it. Imaging Findings Frontal radiograph of the knee (A) shows a well-defined round lucent lesion involving the medial femoral condyle (arrow). Coronal fat-suppressed T2-weighted MR image…

  • ARRS Case of the Week- Dec 4, 2017

    ULTRASOUND: Abdomen Case Author: Ulrike M. Hamper, MD, MBA, John Hopkins University History 87-year-old man with right upper quadrant discomfort and hypoglycemia. Imaging Findings Sagittal (A) and transverse (B) gray-scale ultrasound images of the pancreas show a 1.4 × 1.1 × 1.3 cm hypoechoic mass (calipers) in the pancreatic head just medial to a small…

  • ARRS Case of the Week- Nov 20, 2017

    BREAST IMAGING: Calcifications Case Author: Jiyon Lee, MD, New York University School of Medicine History 49-year-old woman participating in surgical consultation after recent ultrasound-guided core biopsy of a new palpable lump in the right lateral breast showed lobular carcinoma in situ, classic subtype; the actual diagnosis and appropriate next step in management must be determined.…

  • ARRS Case of the Week- Nov 13, 2017

    GASTROINTESTINAL IMAGING: Pancreas Case Author: Ramit Lamba, MBBS, MD, University of California, Davis History 45-year-old woman with finding of asymptomatic calcification in the left upper quadrant on a chest radiograph obtained as part of an employment health screening. Imaging Findings Axial (A) and sagittal (B) CT images though the upper abdomen show a cystic encapsulated…

  • ARRS Case of the Week- Nov 6, 2017

    MUSCULOSKELETAL IMAGING: Arthritis of the Proximal Joints Case Author: Kirkland W. Davis, MD, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health History 28-year-old man with hip and back pain. Imaging Findings Anteroposterior radiograph of the pelvis shows symmetric narrowing of the hip joint spaces and osteophytes. Enthesophyte production (whiskering) is evident at the ischial…

  • ARRS Case of the Week- Oct 30, 2017

    From http://www.arrs.org/ARRSLIVE/CaseOfTheWeek. NEURORADIOLOGY: Vascular Case Author: Megan K. Strother, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center History 84-year-old man with altered mental status. Imaging Findings Parametric maps from CT perfusion study show increased cerebral blood flow (A), increased cerebral blood volume (B), and delayed mean transit time (C) in the right parietal lobe. Cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome Hypercapnia Ischemia…

  • ARRS Case of the Week- Oct 23, 2017

    From http://www.arrs.org/ARRSLIVE/CaseOfTheWeek. CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING: Coronary Arteries Case Author: Rachna Madan, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital History 62-year-old man with hypertension, atypical chest pain, and perfusion scintigraphic finding of mild apical ischemia. Imaging Findings Axial (A), curved planar (B), and short-axis (C) reformatted ECG-gated coronary angiograms reconstructed at 75% of the R-R interval show a lesion…

  • ARRS Case of the Week- Oct 2, 2017

    From http://www.arrs.org/ARRSLIVE/CaseOfTheWeek. PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY: Musculoskeletal Radiology Case Author: Ricardo Restrepo, MD, Miami Children’s Hospital History 8-year-old girl with dysmorphic features and short stature who reports difficulty walking. Imaging Findings Frontal radiograph of the right hand (A) shows short, squat metacarpals that are widened distally and tapered proximally (arrows). Wide radioulnar articular ends also are evident. Lateral…