Esophagram

31 Dec 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Here is my first VLOG! I will try to keep them short and sweet. Also, remember that these are my subjective interpretations of the exams from years of training. Start throwing out comments so I can try to quickly improve my vlogging techniques. Here you go…

Chest X-ray: Lung Pathology IV

9 Nov 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

Okay, here is the last article in the Chest X-ray series for now. We will do a quick and very brief job at covering pulmonary vasculature. As a note, this lecture is largely anecdotal, meaning this is based upon personal experience and makes sense to me but was not learned directly from any single textbook […]

Chest X-ray: Lung Pathology III

21 Oct 2018.Reading time 9 minutes.

Atelectasis refers to collapsed lung tissue. Pneumothorax, pronounced New-Moe-Thor-Axe, is an air leak in your chest.

Chest X-ray: Lung Pathology II

19 Aug 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

Let’s get through a couple more cases of fundamental pathology on chest X-ray. We touched on pneumonia last time utilizing opacities to help localize lobar anatomy on chest X-ray. Pneumonia can appear different on chest X-ray depending on the pathogen. Bacterial pneumonia often cause the consolidative opacities we discussed in the last article. A viral […]

Chest X-ray: lung pathology I

5 Aug 2018.Reading time 8 minutes.

Onward with chest we go! Pathology described for non-medical people is basically anything not “normal” in the body. Sometimes it can be really bad like cancer, it could also be a benign lesion (it’s not normal but it’s not going to kill you either), it could be congenital (a developmental/birth abnormality), and on and on. […]

Chest X-ray: What makes a good image?

3 Aug 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

This is an important topic that I feel we need to cover before moving any further in our chest X-ray series. I wish I had more time to learn from radiologic technologists (RT), the real pros. Here is my quick and dirty assessment of the image. Rest In Peace. Don’t die, but just enjoy a […]

Chest X-ray: heart anatomy

29 Jul 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

Let’s fire through this so we can get into the fun stuff, pathology! Doctors are a quirky bunch and have a challenging career where interesting cases generally means bad news for the patient. However, collaborating with patients’ and healthcare providers as a team to treat, improve, and often overcome the scary situation is an amazing […]