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ARRS Case of the Week- August 14, 2017
MUSCULOSKELETAL IMAGING: Arthritis of the Proximal Joints Case Author: Kirkland W. Davis, MD, University of Wisconsin of School of Medicine, and Public Health History 55-year-old man with sciatica. Imaging Findings Coronal T1-weighted MR image of hips (A) and coronal fat-suppressed T2-weighted MR image of the left hip (B) show large intraarticular erosions of the femurs…
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Benign Bone Tumors
Radiology Key Benign Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions III: Fibrous, Fibroosseous, and Fibrohistiocytic Lesions Fibrous Cortical Defect and Nonossifying Fibroma Fibrous cortical defects and nonossifying (nonosteogenic) fibromas are the most common fibrous lesions of bone and are predominantly seen in children and adolescents. More common in boys than in girls, they have a predilection for the…
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ARRS Case of the Week- August 7, 2017
NEURORADIOLOGY: Vascular Case Author: Megan K. Strother, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center History 22-year-old man with sudden left-sided weakness. Imaging Findings Parametric maps from CT perfusion study show decreased cerebral blood flow (A), decreased cerebral blood volume (B), and delayed mean transit time (C) in the right anterior and middle cerebral artery territories. Infarction Ischemia…
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Orthopedic Hardware, UW Radiology
From the University of Washington Online Musculoskeletal Radiology Book. <-The Painful Joint Prosthesis | Scoliosis-> For some reason, many radiologists freak out when they are faced with reading out films with orthopedic hardware, and will mumble something vague along the lines of “Orthopedic hardware is seen and surgical changes are noted…..”, for fear that they will…
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ARRS Case of the Week: July 31, 2017
CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING: Coronary Arteries Case Author: Eric Kimura-Hayama, MD, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez History 28-year-old woman with chest pain and no known cardiovascular risk factors who reports having a nonspecific rash and fever in childhood. Imaging Findings Double oblique maximum-intensity-projection CT images of the right coronary artery (A) and the left main trunk…
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Median salary for radiologists tops $500K
By Brian Casey, AuntMinnie.com staff writer July 20, 2017 — The median annual salary in 2017 for U.S. radiologists has topped $500,000 for the first time, according to a new survey on physician compensation by the American Medical Group Association (AMGA). The growth continues a recovery in radiologist salaries that began in 2014. The increase represents growth…
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ARRS Case of the Week: July 17, 2017
MUSCULOSKELETAL IMAGING: Arthritis of the Proximal Joints Case Author: Kirkland W. Davis, MD, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health History 18-year-old woman with recurrent knee pain. Imaging Findings Lateral (A) and anteroposterior (B) radiographs of the right knee show joint space narrowing, large subchondral cysts, osseous deformity with remodeling and ballooning of…