25-Year-Old Female with Abdominal Pain and Weight Loss: Diagnosis? • Xray of the Week Figure 1. 25-Year-Old Female with Abdominal Pain and Weight Loss: Diagnosis? Figure 2. CTA through the thoracic and abdominal aorta. A. Axial image through the descending thoracic aorta demonstrates concentric mural thickening and mild stenosis (yellow arrow). B. Axial image through the infra-renal abdominal aorta demonstrates mild concentric mural thickening and severe stenosis (red arrow).

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Cervical ribs are supernumerary ribs arising from C7 and are more frequent than commonly appreciated on CT, where they may be overlooked without deliberate scrutiny of the thoracic inlet. Recognition matters because their morphology, length, and articulation vary and can predispose to local compressive phenomena.

Hyphema refers to hemorrhage into the anterior chamber of the eye, most often secondary to blunt or penetrating trauma. On non-contrast orbital CT, hyphema appears as a hyperdense collection filling or layering in the anterior chamber, anterior to the lens.

Scimitar Syndrome is a rare congenital condition characterized by partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR), where pulmonary veins from the right lung drain into systemic veins—most commonly the inferior vena cava—creating a curvilinear “scimitar” appearance on chest radiographs.

The patency capsule is a dissolvable “dummy” capsule—matching the size of standard small‑bowel video capsule endoscopes—used to evaluate functional luminal patency of the small bowel prior to capsule endoscopy

A 61-year-old female presented with left upper quadrant abdominal pain and hypotension following a motor vehicle collision. How would you...

The Bravo pH monitoring system is a catheter-free, ambulatory device designed to evaluate esophageal acid exposure over 48–96 hours.

26 M jumped to catch a baseball and landed while rotating to the right. Diagnosis? • Xray of the Week

Right upper quadrant pain unstable patient. What procedure is indicated? • Xray of the Week Figure 1. What action should be taken for...