Woman With Hip Pain

A 48-year-old Somali woman with hip pain.

Figure 1. Noncontrast computed tomography scan of the pelvis. The arrow points to a lytic lesion in the posterior mid-right ilium characteristic of a space-occupying hydatid cyst. Diagnosis: hydatid cyst bone disease. Cysts removed from the iliac bone cavity (figures 1 and 2) were consistent with hydatid cysts due to Echinococcus species. Microscopic examination confirmed the diagnostic feature...

A woman with back pain.

The Editorial Board of JNMA is proud to launch yet another reader-oriented monthly column entitled "Radiology Rounds", which will be orchestrated by Dr. James Collins, longtime NMA member and professor of radiology at UCLA. Dr Collins and his colleagues across the country will endeavor to bring us a variety of interesting cases with both an educational and clinical message that will undoubtedly...

A woman with a painful hip.

A 85-year-old woman suffered persisting pain in her left hip after a fall. On X-ray no fracture was seen. Her infection parameters were high and she developed a delirium and a painful swelling on her left hip. Examination with ultrasound showed free gas in the soft tissue of the left hip. A CT-scan of the abdomen and left upper leg showed a ruptured abscess in the left kidney with free gas, spr...

49-year-old woman with chest pain.

A young woman with chest pain.

A case of a previously fit young woman admitted with chest pain, who was found at coronary angiography to have dissection of the left main stem which extended to the left anterior descending and circumflex coronary arteries, is presented. Emergency coronary artery bypass grafting was performed (vein grafts to the left anterior descending, the diagonal, and circumflex arteries). The patient made...