introduction: misdiagnosis and the resulting mismanagement are challenging issues in complicated cases which present with obscure complaints. interpreting radiologic studies, especially conventional plain radiologic images, remains the most frequently prescribed and useful modality for the first step of assessment. case presentation: in this report, we present a case of mismanagement of a stran...

A comprehensive all-inclusive resource on plain radiograph in neonatal intestinal obstruction is presented. This is an attempt to develop a protocol and to regain expertise in evaluating a plain radiograph that most often yields more than enough clues to diagnose and to decide a plan of action.

A 75-year-old male with a history of hypertension and diabetes presented with severe, progressive low back pain over the past 6 months after a fall. His examination was significant for tenderness to his lower back bilaterally, no abdominal tenderness, and a normal neurovascular exam. His vital signs were stable with a blood pressure of 168/97. A radiograph of his lumbar spine was obtained showi...

P NEUMOTHORAX is an uncommon but potentially serious occurrence during anesthesia. Initial clinical signs may be subtle, but progression to a tension pneumothorax can result in significant cardiorespiratory instability. Because therapy for pneumothorax may require invasive chest tube placement, definitive diagnosis by chest radiography is necessary. However, intraoperative chest radiograph may ...

BACKGROUND Chest radiographs (CXRs) are used in tuberculosis (TB) prevalence surveys to identify participants for bacteriological examination. Expert readers are rare in most African countries. In our survey, clinical officers scored CXRs of 19 216 participants once. We assessed to what extent missed CXR abnormalities affected our TB prevalence estimate. METHODS Two experts, a radiologist and...

Although pneumomediastinum (PM) is a cause of chest pain, which can be diagnosed on a plain chest radiograph, emergency physicians frequently miss the diagnosis. As follows a description of findings of PM on a chest radiograph.