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Diagnostic Imaging Review

Right leg pain after a fall in a patient with a prosthesis

, May 23, 2012

A 28-year-old female with a history of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and knee and hip arthroplasty experiences pain after accidentally twisting her right leg.
 

Gradual onset of left-sided temporal headache and ptosis

, Dakshinamurty Gullapalli, MD; Chintan Shah, MD; Eric McGraw, MD April 12, 2012

Glaucoma limited this patient's vision, but new symptoms limited to his left side had more to do with his ocular muscles.
 

A neck mass in a patient with fever and sore throat

March 15, 2012

The initial diagnosis was viral illness, but blood cultures that came back positive for Fusobacterium necrophorum mandated further evaluation.
 

An acute elbow injury after 
a fall at the playground

February 16, 2012

A common childhood accident can lead to a limb-threatening injury that requires prompt assessment and treatment followed by regular monitoring.
 

A different kind of headache in a patient with migraines

, January 19, 2012

Magnetic resonance venography is the definitive imaging modality for this unusual condition, but MRI is also performed to identify other abnormalities in the brain.
 

Atypical manifestations of a 
potentially fatal infection

, , Joseph M. Candelario, FNP-BC December 21, 2011

Four clinicians agreed on the diagnosis of left inguinal hernia, but CT scans proved all of them wrong.
 

Sudden onset of confusion and visual disturbances

, , Urvi R. Shah, MD November 22, 2011

An advanced MRI technique clinches the diagnosis after it detects cerebral lesions not seen on conventional MRI.
 

Impaired vision along with a headache in an elderly man

, Taral R. Sharma, MD, MBA; Dennis G. Duncan; Urvi R. Shah, MD October 28, 2011

An otherwise healthy man with a history of otitis media presents with a worsening headache and visual disturbances for the past week.
 

A case of confabulation and abnormal eye movements

, Bush Kavuru, MD; Joseph W. Iskandar, DO; Ashley Coffman; Kelly Johnson September 23, 2011

An emergency department team works to determine the cause of this patient's recurrent nausea, vomiting, and failure to thrive.
 

Pain and chronic diarrhea 
in an elderly cancer patient

, John E. Poulos, MD; Thomas H. Daignault, PA-C; Leroy Roberts, MD August 19, 2011

A patient with a history significant for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among other conditions presents with increased bowel movements, diarrhea, and severe abdominal pain.
 
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