Archive for August, 2009
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…and meet in the flesh all the fabulous people that I’ve come to know so well in the medblogosphere…
But don’t know if I would be able to
Well, I’ve developed a Zen-like attitude
It will happen if it’s destined to happen
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scanman’s casebook: Case 22
0 Comments Published by Vijay August 27th, 2009 in CT, Chest, Radiology, casebook…
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The worst case of pulmonary metastases that I have seen. 40-year-old woman, operated for primary lung malignancy (adenocarcinoma) a year ago. Note the reduced lung volume on the right side.
Further Reading:
emedicine article on Lung Metastases [Registration required, Free]
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A Compelling Story…
0 Comments Published by Vijay August 20th, 2009 in Friends, Medical blogs, Medicine…
…in four parts, from Paul Levy’s blog.
It is, says Paul, “From a friend of a friend,” and it starts thus…
My son is sleeping right now…had a rough weekend - his blood pressure dropped, his blood count was decreasing, and he had chest and neck pain. The clinical team adjusted his meds, gave him a unit [...]
scanman’s casebook: Case 21
4 Comments Published by Vijay August 20th, 2009 in CT, Cardiac CT, Radiology, casebook…
Diagnosis: Coronary CT Angiogram showing Chronic Total Occlusion of a short segment of proximal LAD with reformation of flow in mid LAD via collaterals from the Conus branch of RCA.*
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*Abbreviations used:
AM - Acute Marginal branch of RCA
CTO - Chronic Total Occlusion
D1 - First Diagonal branch of LAD
LAD - Left Anterior Descending artery
LCx - Left [...]
How Emergency Physicians think…
1 Comment Published by Vijay August 19th, 2009 in Friends, Medical blogs, Medicine, Radiology…
…and how we radiologists make a living! (via GruntDoc)
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RSNA News: Early Radiology Exposure Could Lure Medical Students to Specialty: [via radRounds; Emphases are mine]
In a recent RSNA article, Dr. David Hovsepian MD and Dr. Terry Desser MD of Stanford’s Radiology Department … shed light onto what really leads medical students to choose a career in radiology. Often times, one wonders — how did [...]













