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Estimated Medical Radiation Doses for 5 Year-Old Child

3-view ankle	0.0015 mSv	1/14th CXRs
2-view chest	0.02 mSv	1 CXRs
Anteroposterior and lateral
Medical Radiation Doses ... 99m radionuclide bone ... Chest CT 3 mSv 150 ... Nuclear #Comparison #Table ... #Risks #Testing
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
2 years BONE ... S IMAGING - Bone ... ’S IMAGING - Bone ... Nuclear #Comparison #Table ... #Risks #Testing
Focal Periphyseal Edema (FOPE lesion) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Arrows identifying the characteristic edema-like signal
) - MSK Radiology ... physeal fusion and bone ... • DOES NOT require ... (save $$) Differential ... • Bone contusion
Cortical Desmoid - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Circumscribed, small cortically based Tl -hypointense and T 2-hyperintense
Cortical Desmoid - MSK ... misnomer as this does ... - Bone scans ... Differential diagnosis ... #diagnosis #msk
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
• 18F-FDG PET/CT ... CRAB - no anemia, hypercalcemia ... RT): Radiation doses ... plasmacytoma carries a risk ... involvement - higher risk
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
evaluation should be done ... use of adequate doses ... with previously stable ... hypertension and no other risk ... Vasculitis • Endocrinologic
The chart below (from the FDA) shows radiation exposure with a variety of procedures and how
cells taking in 8 mSV ... happen to your body ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... #Comparison #Table ... #Risks
Subchondral Insufficiency Fracture
Imaging Findings:
 • Circle demarcating the region of edema within the medial femoral condyle.
the subchondral bone ... which does not ... favored because lesion ... Differential diagnosis ... #diagnosis #msk