Don't let your eyes fool you; history of breast primary; no that is not a metastasis; it is a liver cyst that appears dense because the liver has very low attenuation due to fat; always measure the density; this was 9 HU
Going through the differential of perinephric soft tissue stranding; primary RP fibrosis; IgG4 disease; lymphoma; Erdheim Chester or the disease that this patient had; Rosai Dorfman disease
No, this patient has not received any contrast; this is cortical nephrocalcinosis; much less common than medullary but you have to know causes; in this case, it was chronic glomerulonephritis
Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is a cancer predisposition disorder that is commonly associated with germline mutations of the p53 tumor suppressor gene; when u see multiple tumors think of it; breast and leiomyosarcoma in this instance
Young female with liver lesions; shows what looks like peripheral discontinuous enhancement; look like hemangiomas but are not; tissue sampling showed metastatic choriocarcinoma
What structure is this; medial to the left adrenal; can be rounded, can be FDG avid and is often mistakenly called a lymph node; remember this location; it is celiac ganglion and is usually better seen on left
When evaluating pancreas, always look at T1 fat sat pre gadolinium; here is there a sharp cutoff from normal high signal with no ductal dilatation; igG4 pancreatitis
Mirizzi syndrome: common hepatic duct obstruction caused by extrinsic compression from an impacted stone in the cystic duct or infundibulum of the gallbladder
Nice depiction of anal sphincter anatomy on coronal T2 image; useful when evaluating patients with anorectal fistulas and also when staging low rectal cancer patients
Is that the left kidney; history of congenitally absent left kidney; this is pseudo kidney sign from intussusception in someone with bowel metastases from melanoma
Hepatosplenic hypodensities; with upper abdominal adenopathy; first thought would be lymphoproliferative disorder or some systemic infection; this was sarcoid
Fat containing lesion adjacent to the left kidney; was called AML but look closer and make sure is it really arising from the kidney; this was RP liposarcoma
Large low density lesion; can be tough to tell site of origin; it touches the splenic vein which means it is likely pancreatic in origin; pancreatic lymphangioma
Complains of hematuria, flank pain; left renal vein thrombosis in someone with nephrotic syndrome; as patients with nephrotic syndrome have a hypercoagulable state
Am not a chest radiologist but saw this interesting older case with differential that can be applied in abdomen as well; calcified nodes; list of conditions can cause this; this was treated lymphoma
One entity tough to differentiate from hydronephrosis unless you have longitudinal imaging to compare and relevant history; congenital megacalyces due to underdevelopment or maldevelopment of renal pyramids