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Female with severe occipital headache with vomiting, dizziness and blurred vision
Published on 2012-02-13 08:52:00
A 38 year old female presented with a sudden onset, severe occipital headache with vomiting, dizziness and blurred vision. The patient had just finished steroid treatment for a chest infection and was on the combined oral contraceptive pill. The patient demonstrated no focal neurology with normal visual acuity/fundoscopy.An un-enhanced CT, performed 10 hours after the initial symptoms and a CT venogram was subsequently performed.These images are gven below.What is the most likely diagnosis?
Diabetic male with severe left flank pain and high fever
Published on 2012-02-03 08:25:00
73-year-old diabetic male patient who was admitted to our hospital with severe left flank pain and high fever. Physical examination revealed a left flank palpable mass.Contrast-enhanced CT What is the diagnosis?
Boy with pain in the left hip and limping
Published on 2011-12-23 05:40:00
6 years old boy presented with pain in the left hip and limping. Plain radiographs of the pelvis, AP and frog lateral views, were performed. Follow-up films were performed after 3 months. Follow-up films showed good healing of the left femoral epiphysis with a mild coxa magna deformity of the femoral neck.Pelvic X-ray - frog lateral viewfollow up Pelvic Xray AP viewWhat is the most likely diagnosis?ANSWERPerthes disease The initial radiographs showed fragmentation of the left femoral epiphysis,
