tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post9201477041156325922..comments2023-09-21T04:02:29.457-04:00Comments on Skeptical Scalpel: Can you guess the diagnosis using this radiology report?Skeptical Scalpelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-32812110961689353572012-12-13T07:58:50.862-05:002012-12-13T07:58:50.862-05:00am sure none of here faced a scenaro like this 22 ...am sure none of here faced a scenaro like this 22 year female lump in abdomen work up- CECT referral form - No UPT !!!sinuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02502906725268186199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-14603040325507222312012-11-17T04:45:33.146-05:002012-11-17T04:45:33.146-05:00The radiologist's favorite plant?...the hedge,...The radiologist's favorite plant?...the hedge, of course!krankenmeisternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-56809688873371061472012-11-05T17:48:17.419-05:002012-11-05T17:48:17.419-05:00SCRN, I think he's a victim of speech recognit...SCRN, I think he's a victim of speech recognition plus failure to proofread before verifying.Skeptical Scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-35077414831764428572012-11-05T17:28:29.937-05:002012-11-05T17:28:29.937-05:00-Poorly edited copy and paste report.
-I'll ...-Poorly edited copy and paste report.<br /> <br />-I'll agree that endo should be considered more than it ever is tho.<br /><br />-SCRNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-91610005428455159232012-11-01T13:37:05.546-04:002012-11-01T13:37:05.546-04:00Sorry about the delay in responding. I just got po...Sorry about the delay in responding. I just got power back after the hurricane.<br /><br />Thanks for the comments. I agree that a surgeon must look at all the images. I hope it was just a bad day for this radiologist. <br /><br />Anonymous, I don't want to upset you, but we guess more often that you might think. Unlike TV doctors, we don't always figure it out in 53 minutes. At times, you have to go with your best guess and do something.Skeptical Scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-59375488907601653172012-11-01T10:47:06.191-04:002012-11-01T10:47:06.191-04:00"Can you guess the diagnosis using this radio..."Can you guess the diagnosis using this radiology report?" As a patient I get nervous when I hear a doctor say "guess". :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-18488247509262653942012-11-01T09:58:41.621-04:002012-11-01T09:58:41.621-04:00Endometriosis of the sigmoid colon. http://radiog...Endometriosis of the sigmoid colon. http://radiographics.rsna.org/content/21/1/193/F35.expansion.htmlGlynDMDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-19793596094888024072012-10-31T17:27:22.875-04:002012-10-31T17:27:22.875-04:00I'd say that a lot of the cases in radiology f...I'd say that a lot of the cases in radiology fall in the grey area, but then there are also a quite a lot of radiologists who don't like to put themselves on the line even if they know better.docsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00038258937938069759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-71383263959885071822012-10-31T17:20:15.226-04:002012-10-31T17:20:15.226-04:00I'd say the radiologist was an idiot. I would...I'd say the radiologist was an idiot. I would have to look at the pictures myself, like everyone else has said. But then I would have to have a come-to-Jesus with the asshat who used every term he/she learned in med school while interpreting my patient's CT!Marianne Foderettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00420219563603194082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-76596755938143635262012-10-31T13:25:40.978-04:002012-10-31T13:25:40.978-04:00I'd have a look at the pictures. Obviously the...I'd have a look at the pictures. Obviously the radiologist was tired or working on two cases at a time. Where's the free air go? Diverticula there and gone too? Kasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17781538405262716270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-18465752371646550612012-10-31T12:50:36.663-04:002012-10-31T12:50:36.663-04:00a picture is worth a thousand words...this radiolo...a picture is worth a thousand words...this radiologist just used all the words he/she had. i defer my judgement without seeing actual pictures (as all surgeons likely do).LadySurgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11141499726610550034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-86325788701734986292012-10-31T11:31:52.002-04:002012-10-31T11:31:52.002-04:00I think the diagnosis is malignant dictation softw...I think the diagnosis is malignant dictation software.Rachel J. Kwonhttp://twitter.com/rjkwonnoreply@blogger.com