Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease

Mar 18, 2017 by in GENERAL RADIOLOGY Comments Off on Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease

, Maria Custódia Machado Ribeiro2 and Bruno Beber Machado3 (1) Hospital da Criança de Brasília – Jose Alencar, Clínica Vila Rica, Brazília, Brazil (2) Hospital da Criança de Brasília – Jose Alencar, Hospital de…

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Difficult Cases

Mar 16, 2017 by in BREAST IMAGING Comments Off on Difficult Cases

1. What BI-RADS classification should be used here? 2. What are the possible diagnostic imaging exams to work up this finding? 3. What type of biopsy would you recommend? 4….

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Difficult Cases

Mar 16, 2017 by in BREAST IMAGING Comments Off on Difficult Cases

                                   Category: Diagnostic Gray-scale ultrasonography demonstrating large, highly suspicious mass in the right superior breast with “posterior acoustic shadowing” that corresponds to the mammogram finding. T1-weighted postcontrast sequence demonstrates the additional…

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Cases

Mar 16, 2017 by in BREAST IMAGING Comments Off on Cases

1. If there is a one-view-only asymmetry, what could be the next step? 2. If a patient was in the office at the time of the exam, what could be…

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Regulatory/Standards of Care

Mar 16, 2017 by in BREAST IMAGING Comments Off on Regulatory/Standards of Care

3 The approximate expected number of cancers that should be found in 1,000 initial screening mammograms is A. 1 to 2 B. 6 to 10 C. 11 to 14 D. 15 to 19 E. 20 to…

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Breast Cancer Screening

Mar 16, 2017 by in BREAST IMAGING Comments Off on Breast Cancer Screening

A. Described as cigar shaped B. Present in males and females C. Seen on the CC and true lateral projections only D. Associated with tubular carcinoma 3a A 61-year-old female presents for a screening mammogram….

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Breast Intervention

Mar 16, 2017 by in BREAST IMAGING Comments Off on Breast Intervention

A. A B. B C. C D. D 2 You are attempting a stereotactic biopsy on a patient with calcifications very close to the chest wall and difficult to image with the patient prone. What…

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Physics Related to Breast Imaging

Mar 16, 2017 by in BREAST IMAGING Comments Off on Physics Related to Breast Imaging

A. Shorter exposure time B. Increased spatial resolution C. Decreased glandular dose D. Increased contrast E. Decrease density ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS 1 Answer A. Grids are used routinely in mammography to increase image contrast. Most mammography systems…

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