Thursday, July 30, 2009

24 year old lady with progressive exertional dyspnoea, Describe the radiological findings ?
Cardiomegaly with RV hypertrophy and prominent pulmonary conus.

Thursday, July 23, 2009

67 year old male , non smoker , no DM, no HT , presented with progressive exertional dyspnoea , moderate restriction and hypoxia at rest, needed steroids to stabilize , stabilized steroids tapered and lung biopsy done
( He had similar episode about 18 months ago ).Looking at radiological pattern what can be predicted as histopath type.?
Dominent pattern is ground glass opacification and there is not much honeycombing. This is likely to be a non UIP disease.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

35 year old female patient presents with history of cough, occasioanl hemoptysis, no weight loss, or loss of appetite, no fever,
ESR is raised, 3 sputum samples are negative for AFB , Sputum koh prep - no fungi seen
Describe the radiological findings .How will you investigate?
35 year old lady ,presented with fever off and on , cough and chest pain .what is the radiological finding ? What is the most likely diagnosis?
Right hemidiaphragm appears elevated, likely rt subpulmonic effussion.

Monday, July 20, 2009

60 year old diabetic male , survives serious sepsis ( intraabdominal ,post op), Needs prolonged ICU care , multiple antibiotics and just after discahrge starts getting cough and exertional dyspnoea. He is on linezolid and Levofloxacin at discahrge.He has normal WBC counts and procalcitonin levels are low. Clinically no sepsis.Describe the radiodesnsities and possible diagnosis?
multiple patchy consolidations, some nodular densities and areas with lot of bronchial wall thickening, clinical set up indicates non infective etiology.This was bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia.
The symptoms responded to steroids and within 2 weeks CT normalized.

Sunday, July 19, 2009



55 year old male with cough and fever for about 3 weeks, lower image is the one on day 1 , upper image is after 2 weeks . Spot the change between the two images ?
There are tiny air fluid levels within the radiodensity in the second image.This was a lung abcess which was masquereding as possible mass lesion in the lower image.
Look at the follow up X ray( on top ).






Saturday, July 18, 2009

50,non smoker, non diabetic , asthmatic male on inhaled steroids 3 months, cough expectoration
wheeze, obbstruction on spirometry , on inhaled budesonide 1000 mcg /day.
SputumAFB- 3 negative , Describe findings? write possible DD.
Bilateral discrete nodular densities with two tiny cavities, Likely to be infective ,DD- tubercular,fungal
(Incidentally the lavage in this case confirmed Nocardiosis)

Friday, July 17, 2009

Person with a malignant pleural effusion on the right, Can you notice some additional findings? Clue - patient is getting face and upper limb edema.
Some mediastinal widening noted , New face and upper limb edema indicates SVC obstruction.

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Identify and describe the radiological pattern ?
Radiodensities along the bronchi ,extending into nodular branching pattern .Tree in bud appearence.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

48 year old ,nondiabetic ,nonsmoker male, presented with 8 days history of fever and dyspnoea.
History of similar illness 10 years ago.What is your diagnosis ?
Massive cyst with air fluid level , thin walled , mostly a bronchogenic cyst.