Radiology Musings
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Lessons Learnt from The Translumbar Aortogram Paid Members Public
Any image guided biopsy can cause two major complications. The first is bleeding, which can happen from within a vascular organ (liver, spleen, kidney) or when you injure or traverse a vessel (lung, liver, abdomen, head & neck, mediastinum). The second is a pneumothorax. Many radiologists balk at the idea
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Crosstalk Paid Members Public
A message popped up on Rahul’s Slack telling him that Samir, a patient wanted to speak with him. Samir had recently undergone an MRI of the lumbar spine, which Rahul, a radiologist, had reported. Samir had a left posterolateral intervertebral disc hernia, a slipped disc that was pressing on