Case 69: What Ails Chest Imaging Training?
This is a 60-years old man who was referred for a CT guided biopsy of a left upper lobe lung mass, that turned out not to be so. The reporting person had not bothered to look at the plain scan and to check for calcification / enhancement, etc.
This is one of the first principles of CT scan interpretation. Look at the plain scan to check for calcification and enhancement.
The video runs through the case, other similar cases, discusses the first principles of interpretation and the results of the recent AI paper on diagnosing active TB with respect to the performance of India-based radiologists compared to AI and US-based radiologists.
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Table of Contents
Index and Table of Contents
Technical and Practice Issues * Case 11: 62-years old misdiagnosed to have interstitial lung disease - mid-inspiratory and expiratory scans * Snippet 03: Radiation risk and CT chest * Case 23: 60-years old - 40-pack years smoker - right upper lobe nodule - resolved using “mean” reconstructions…
Other Cases
Case 105: Rib Lesion Biopsy - Along the Long Axis
Rib lesion biopsies are simple if the correct approach is chosen
Hospitals Should Only Be Places of Last Resort
Homecare is as good, if not better and usually less expensive than hospital care.
Case 26: A Dorsal Hand Swelling
30-years old felt a non-painful swelling along the dorsum of his hand