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Imaging options for exclusion of PE in pregnant women
The radiation dose required for either V/Q scanning
/Q scanning or CT-PA ... in Table 1 #Diagnosis ... Obstetrics #OBGyn #Radiology ... #Pregnancy #Workup ... #Imaging #Comparison
The chart below (from the FDA) shows radiation exposure with a variety of procedures and how
safety because your cells ... different from your cells ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... #ChestXRay #CXR ... #CT #Comparison
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
• 18F-FDG PET/CT ... • Radiation therapy ... (RT): Radiation ... doses of 40 Gy ... #Workup #Hematology
Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance (MGRS)

MGRS
• MGRS refers to kidney disease caused by nephrotoxic monoclonal immunoglobulins
meet criteria for hematologic ... light-chain ratio Diagnostic ... Workup: • Kidney ... clone detection • CT ... #Significance #Diagnosis
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
suspected) - CT ... syndrome): - Hematologic ... incontinence - High-dose ... interventional radiology ... Oncology #HemeOnc #Diagnosis