Screening Mammography 101 and Beyond
You get on the elevator. The woman in the elevator smiles at you. The door closes. She clears her throat and says, “I know you don’t remember me, but you…
Physics Facts That WILL Improve Your Images
Many readers will skip this chapter. Don’t be one of them. Most of us learned physics in order to pass boards, but we never really made the leap to understanding…
The First Question
The first question that a radiologist should consider when interpreting any study is, “Is this an adequate study?” That topic encompasses many points in breast imaging: • Is this the…
Osteomyelitis and Discitis (Spondylodiscitis)
Clinical Presentation The patient is a 39-year-old otherwise healthy woman who developed a papulopustular skin eruption/infection attributed to MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ). One month later, she developed pleuritic chest…
Neurofibromatosis
Clinical Presentation The patient is a 21-year-old man who has had neurologic symptoms for about 2 years. Initially, he had trouble holding a pen in the right hand. Over time,…
Spinal Cord Cavernous Angioma
Clinical Presentation The patient is a 70-year-old woman with a long history of progressive neck pain and bilateral shoulder pain, right more than left, and right arm numbness. She has…
Vertebral Osteophytosis (Spondylosis Deformans)
Clinical Presentation The patient is a 68-year-old man who presented with back and leg pain. Patient has a history of two L1-L2 lumbar diskectomies. He did not have much improvement…
Spinal Cord Glioma
Clinical Presentation The patient is a 62-year-old man with 3-year history of progressive neck pain, low back pain, bilateral shoulder pain, proximal muscle pain and weakness, and paresthesias. The patient…
Syringomyelia
Clinical Presentation The patient is a 73-year-old woman with a history of old fracture of the T12 vertebra secondary to prior motor vehicle accident. Patient was treated at the time…
Tarlov Cyst
Clinical Presentation The patient is an 81-year-old woman who has a long history of intermittent low back pain for more than 15 years. She states that she has developed difficulty…
