Hello everyone!
I am amazed at how quickly this rather specialized community has grown. It gives me perverse pleasure to see that C/Radiology has somehow exceeded C/Medicine in subscriber numbers! So thanks for visiting and allowing me to share my interest in this field with you!
As the community has expanded, we have, of course, come across typical growing pains, and since this is a medical community, some additional factors must also be considered, such as respect for any patient discussions and medical privacy. We have the potential for a lot more growth, but we must be vigilant in respecting medical laws as well. To that end, I have made additional changes to the Community Rules to better clarify the situation for everyone. Additionally, I have conversed with the Lemmy.World admins, who are supportive of this community and now aware of its unique characteristics and requirements.
One major change that has come out of that discussion is that we worry about how inadvertent posts that breach patient confidentiality would behave with federation. It's not like Reddit, where the post is centralized, and there's only one copy to remove. As a consequence, for now, I have changed this community to only allow moderators to post. My hope is that, in the not-too-distant future, Lemmy itself will implement a way for users to post pending moderator approval. Visitors may still comment upon any posts in this Community, and so as a workaround, I've started this megathread for any general questions or discussions you might have regarding radiology. (Please follow the rules still!) If you would like to share a case as a post - please DM me, and I will post on your behalf.
Now onto future updates: For the next few weeks, I will have reduced posting - because I'm going to be away from steady internet. I will continue to post interesting cases I come across thereafter. Eventually, I also plan to have a sticked general guidance on how to look at radiologic images so that you can have a better understanding and capability of looking at these images yourself!
While we're at it, I'm also looking for additional mods to help. I would prefer that you have some medical imaging background, medical background in general, or moderator experience if possible!
I moved over from Reddit like so many others. And I really enjoyed r/radiology, when I wasn’t being attacked by trolls, that is. My hope is that this space will excel in providing useful information regarding radiology, while assuring that people who are interested in learning and sharing knowledge are not discouraged by bad actors. Let’s learn together. I’ve a number of letters after my name, along with some education and experience with various imaging modalities, however my moderator experience is extremely limited.
Electric shooting pains in the left face. [Neuroradiology] [MR]
2y 10mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
Grynfeltt-Lesshaft hernia. (This will be the last case I post for a few days.) [Abdominal] [CT]
2y 10mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
Inguinal hernia containing bladder. [Abdominal] [CT]
2y 10mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
Chiari 1 malformation. [Neuroradiology] [MR]
2y 10mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
Molar tooth deformity in Joubert syndrome. [Neuroradiology] [MR]
2y 10mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
Painful left shoulder. [Musculoskeletal] [XR] [MR]
2y 10mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
Ovarian mucinous cystadenocarcinoma. [Gynecologic] [US] [CT]
2y 10mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
Cancer versus not cancer on esophagram. [Gastrointestinal] [FL]
2y 10mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
Unusual complication of cocaine abuse. [Neuroradiology] [MR]
2y 10mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
House, MD, pilot episode. [Neuroradiology] [CT] [MR]
2y 10mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
10 year old with insidious onset of right medial thigh pain. [Musculoskeletal] [XR] [MR]
2y 10mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
5 year old who fell off a slide with an unexpected finding. [Musculoskeletal] [XR]
2y 10mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
23 year old with head injury since age 2. Seizures and right hemiparesis since age 10. [Neuroradiology] [CT] [MR]
2y 10mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
Small bowel obstruction due to gallstone ileus. [Gastrointestinal] [CT]
2y 10mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
Small bowel obstruction from incarcerated inguinal hernia. [Gastrointestinal] [CT]
2y 10mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
Conjoined twin, from prenatal to postnatal. [Pediatric] [FL] [MR]
2y 10mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
Crohn's disease. [Gastrointestinal] [FL] [CT]
2y 11mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
Two patients showing the varied appearance of large B-cell lymphoma of the stomach. [Gastrointestinal] [CT] [NM]
2y 11mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
Acrania-Exencephaly-Anencephaly Sequence. [Neuroradiology] [US]
2y 11mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
12-ft fall with loss of hearing. [Head and Neck] [CT]
2y 11mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
Abdominal distention despite being told her uterine fibroids "shrunk" after menopause. [Abdominal] [XR] [CT]
2y 11mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
Tuberculous pancreatitis and lymphadenitis. [Abdominal] [CT]
2y 11mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
Patient with HIV-AIDS, tapeworm infection, and new fever, cough, fatigue, and weight loss. [Chest] [XR] [CT]
2y 11mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
52 year old who keeps getting pneumothoraces. [Chest] [XR] [CT]
2y 11mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
New shortness of breath on exertion with no past medical history. [Chest] [XR] [MR]
2y 11mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
HIV-AIDS with tuberculosis with WORSENING symptoms after treatment started. [Neuroradiology] [MR]
2y 11mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
Progressive cognitive decline. [Neuroradiology] [MR]
2y 11mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
"Crazy coworker stabbed her at her house." (Liver laceration with active bleeding, hemopneumothorax.) [Chest] [Hepatobiliary] [CT]
2y 11mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
Atretic parietal cephalocele. [Neuroradiology] [MR]
2y 11mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
Bilateral indirect inguinal hernias. Appendix enters right inguinal hernia (Amyand hernia). [Abdominal] [CT]
2y 11mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
Bilateral indirect inguinal hernias. Ventriculoperitoneal shunt terminates in right inguinal hernia. [Abdominal] [CT]
2y 11mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
Gnathic (jaw) osteosarcoma. [Musculoskeletal] [Head and Neck] [XR] [CT] [MR]
2y 11mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
Classic spokewheel appearance of focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) of the liver. [Hepatobiliary] [US] [MR]
2y 11mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
Innumerable skull lesions of multiple myeloma. [Musculoskeletal] [Neuroradiology] [XR]
2y 11mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
Acute alcoholic hepatitis. [Hepatobiliary] [CT]
2y 11mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
Brain Abscess. [Neuroradiology] [CT] [MR]
2y 11mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology
Psychiatric patient was eating a lot of hair (trichobezoar, gastric perforation). [Gastrointestinal] [CT]
2y 11mon ago by lemmy.world/u/Spectator in radiology