Gut ache or Gordian knot?

paraduodenal hernia

A 29 year-old man has recurrent abdominal pain. Can you make the diagnosis where others have failed?

CT Safety and Radiation Risk

Is a cancer epidemic be looming over the horizon? The universality of CT as the investigation du jour, and growing concerns about the risks of radiation.

Radiological Oddity #019

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Radiological Oddity #019 – What the?

Broken-hearted chest drain

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This 86 year old male presented with shortness of breath. He developed a complication after insertion of a left chest drain.

Quiz Radiology 021

FACEM VAQ

A head CT scan of an 83 year old woman has been performed, who has presented with a 3 day history of increasing confusion and unsteady gait following a fall. Her GCS is 12 (M5, V3, E4).

Quiz Radiology 020

FACEM VAQ

An 45 year old man presents to your emergency department with vertigo and ataxia.

Quiz Radiology 016

FACEM VAQ

A 72 year old man undergoes this investigation in your emergency department after his presentation with a first ever generalised seizure. He has normal vital signs and no focal neurological signs on examination. A CT head scan with a ring enhancing left sided lesion is shown.

Radiology Oddity #016

Abdominal CT scan

It is another busy night in ED. The ‘Bat-Phone’ rings, gently pricking the ear to attention in anticipation of the next code…

We are bringing in a 60 year old lady with profuse diaphoresis, hypotensive with a systolic of 70 and altered conscious state…