CT Case 044
A 73-year-old nursing home patient presents with 2 days of abdominal pain and distension, unable to pass a bowel motion or flatus.
A 73-year-old nursing home patient presents with 2 days of abdominal pain and distension, unable to pass a bowel motion or flatus.
A 22yo male is brought in by ambulance after a tonic-clonic seizure which self-terminated after approximately five minutes.
A 34-year-old man is brought into ED one hour after a 4m fall from a roof. He had a brief loss of consciousness immediately following the fall, then subsequently regained consciousness.
35-year-old female presents to ED with a large and tender superficial mass in her right lower abdomen. There is ecchymosis overlying the mass.
A 50yo female with a past history of bipolar disorder, on lithium, referred to ED from outpatient clinic due to precipitous Hb drop. Hb in the 60s (from baseline of 100).
A 43 yo male presents with 5 days of cough, right sided chest pain and shortness of breath. He has a background of regular cannabis use (via a bong) and had a right sided pneumothorax four months prior.
25 yo male found unconscious by the side of road and brought in priority 1 by ambulance following a heroin overdose.
An 84-year-old male presents with sudden severe central abdominal pain, onset 12 hours prior to presentation.
A 21yo female is brought in by ambulance. She was the driver of a vehicle involved in a head on crash at 70kph.
A 50yo normally well man presents with 36 hours of fevers and RLQ pain. He has localised tenderness in McBurney’s point with a pulse rate of 105bpm.
Abdominal CT: diverticulitis. Identifying diverticula, acute diverticulitis and diverticula perforation
Abdominal CT: Urogram. An older patient presents with haematuria. DDx renal stones and also renal tumours or urothelial tumours in the collecting system, ureters, and bladder.