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Diagnostic Imaging Review

Left flank pain following cardiac catheterization

R. Steve Andrews, RRT; Andres C. Marte-Grau, MD; Rathnakar Sherigar, MD; Jennifer Pitts Hanopole; Urvi R. Shah, MD August 24, 2010

This patient's condition highlights the importance of paying close attention to history and not ruling out a rare complication of a procedure.
 

Imaging and biopsy hold the key to knee pain diagnosis

Julie Vajnar, PA-C, RT July 27, 2010

The patient's complaints suggested injury to the meniscus, but radiography, MRI, and biopsy revealed a different cause.
 

Nonhealing wound following trauma

Sara A. Lolar, MS, PA-C June 22, 2010

Continuing symptoms raise suspicions of a serious complication after a young man catches his finger in a car door.
 

Foot pain following a skateboarder's fall

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

Will this injury heal spontaneously? Or does it need aggressive treatment? Injury location holds the key to prognosis and treatment.
 

A 50-year-old female with dyspnea and pleural effusion

Danielle North; Ellen D. Mandel, DMH, PA-C April 21, 2010

This condition represents an uncommon complication that can develop in patients with any form of cirrhosis and is considered a manifestation of decompensation.
 

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.
 
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