Medical Must-See: CT scan throws doctors a bone in mysterious appendicitis case
A nine-year-old boy’s abdominal pain and fever became a bone of contention in this acute appendicitis case published in Radiology Case Reports. The child had…
Tag: Radiology
Doctor sacked for alleged pelvic thrusting at Christmas party awarded $368,000 by court
A radiologist sacked after being accused of pelvic thrusting at a female employee has been awarded almost $368,000 after a court found it was possible…
Suspect a stress or rib fracture? An ultrasound referral may be the best option
Fracture diagnosis has traditionally relied on X-rays, but ultrasound is increasingly recognised as a valuable alternative. As a diagnostic tool for bone fractures, it offers…
Underground trains rendering hospital MRI scans unreliable: Melbourne’s $180 million headache
What happens when someone has the bright idea to build an underground rail network just 20 metres beneath the foundations of your city’s hospital precinct?…
Spot Dx — What’s the cause of this blackout?
A bystander races into the practice, asking for help for a man who has blacked out up the road. Test your clinical know-how by taking…
Cause for caution with corticosteroids pre-arthroplasty
A sixty-five-year-old man, with no medical comorbidities, has a painful right hip which is being investigated by his GP. An MRI shows severe hip joint…
AI cuts radiologist workload and improves mammography screening: study
Radiologists experienced a one third reduction in their overall workload when artificial intelligence (AI) was involved in interpreting a mammography screening program, a study shows.…
Court rejects second negligence claim against radiologist over a myelogram he performed 47 years ago
Two decades after winning a negligence claim over a myelogram he performed way back in 1977, a Sydney radiologist could be forgiven for thinking the…
How a Melbourne GP made $2.6 billion from a ‘harebrained idea’
Dr Sam Hupert started out as a GP in 1981. He is now a billionaire, but as you can guess, this fortune has not been…
The incidentaloma menace: Why GPs and radiologists need to talk
“You have got a community that thinks modern medicine is amazing and can tell them everything with certainty — and the reality is it cannot.”…
