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Diagnostic Imaging Review Articles

Imaging helps to diagnose an uncommon disease in a man with painless hematuria

Jennifer Pitts Hanopole, Andres Marte-Grau, MD; Rathnakar Sherigar, MD March 16, 2010

This patient's condition is rarely diagnosed by history and physical examination alone; CT with and without contrast is essential to detection.

Bowing of the right lower leg in an infant

Jason R. Smith, PA-C, Richard Davidson, MD February 16, 2010

The baby's tibia exhibited a lytic lesion and medial cortical disruption, and the fibula showed mild cortical thickening.

Classic adolescent injury mimics a twisted ankle

Denise Rizzolo, PA-C, PhD, William Min, MD, MS, MBA January 19, 2010

An ankle injury in a skeletally immature boy turns out to be much more serious than initial radiographs suggest to the casual observer.

An immigrant with fever, chills, and pleural effusion

Navdeep Brar, MD, Aleksander Shalshin, MD December 15, 2009

This disease is uncommon in persons born in United States, but those caring for immigrants should consider its different manifestations.

Foot pain for 5 years, and an abnormal radiograph

Captain Amelia Duran-Stanton PA-C, PhD, MPAS November 17, 2009

Learn to recognize the clinical manifestations and radiographic appearance of a condition you may never have heard of.

A 17-year-old male with leg weakness and low back pain

Julie Vajnar, PA-C, RT October 28, 2009

These cysts, named for their radiographic appearance and common in younger patients, comprise approximately 1% of bone tumors.

Anatomical variant found during catheter insertion

Gina Luckianow, PA-C; Deborah Cole, PA-C, MMSC; Lewis J. Kaplan, MD, FACS, FCCM, FCCP September 28, 2009

Catheter placement to address bleeding following repair of a duodenal ulcer leads to the discovery of a congenital cardiac anomaly in a 62-year-old woman.

An unresponsive airline passenger with miosis

Kishore Kuppasani, MS, MSPA, PA-C, Rajiv Patel, DO August 25, 2009

A middle-aged man is found unconscious in the international terminal of the airport with pinpoint pupils and a white powdery substance around his nose and mouth.

A common ankle injury with a not-so-common twist

Joseph M. Ehrhard, MPAS, PA-C, ATC July 29, 2009

A basketball player completes his jump shot by landing on another player's foot. A squeeze test positive for pain and inability to bear weight on the affected leg suggest more than an ankle injury.