Traumatic Brain Injury
Fig. 40.1 Non-contrast enhanced head computed tomography (CT) in a patient after motor vehicle collision displayed in bone algorithm shows fracture through the right occipital bone (arrow) Epidural Hematomas An…
Infections of the Central Nervous System
Fig. 15.1 Epidural collection in a 19-year old male. A lentiform collection crosses the midline, displacing the falx cerebri posteriorly. The collection is hyperintense on T2 (a), hypointense with thick…
Persistent Hypoxemia Despite Intervention
Fig. 20.1 The mal-positioned endotracheal tube tip is within the right main bronchus (block arrow) with resultant collapse of the left lung Trauma to the trachea from tube placement may…
Neck Injury
Zone 1 Clavicles and suprasternal notch to inferior aspect of cricoid cartilage Zone 2 Cricoid cartilage to angle of mandible Zone 3 Angle of mandible to skullbase Patients with penetrating…
Sepsis of Thoracic Origin
Fig. 24.1 Silhouette sign: Left panel is a normal chest radiograph demonstrating the “silhouette” sign. The mediastinum, heart and diaphragm are sharply delineated against the aerated lung. Frontal (middle) radiograph…
Computed Tomography
Fig. 3.1 (a) Axial image from a CT in an 85 year old female with severe upper abdominal pain and peritonitis in whom chest and plain abdominal radiographs were normal….
Mediastinal Masses
Fig. 23.1 ECG-gated Cardiac CT on a 45 year-old male patient with history of childhood road traffic accident shows an incidental aortic pseudoaneurysm (black star), presumed secondary to previous undetected…
New Onset of Fever and Leukocytosis
Pulmonary Gastrointestinal Genitourinary Miscellaneous Atelectasis Colitis Urinary tract infection Malignancy Pneumonia Obstruction Pyelonephritis Drug reaction Empyema Perforated viscus Renal abscess Deep vein thrombosis Pulmonary embolism Peritonitis Cystitis Sinusitis Cholecystitis Urethritis…
Altered Level of Consciousness
Fig. 17.1 Space-occupying MCA-infarction before (a) and after osteoclastic trepanation (b); space-occupying PICA-infarction at onset (c) and after suboccipital craniectomy (d) Spontaneous intra-cerebral hemorrhage is the cause of 10–15 %…
Persistent Chest Pain
Fig. 22.1 A 60 year-old male, known to have severe peripheral vascular disease with chest pain. There is a focal outpoutching from the aortic arch (arrow) with overhanging edges in…
