There is always a time when a Doctor feels that his/her diagnosis significantly helped and made an important difference in patient's management.
Most of these times the patient has no idea what the Doctor went through to achieve it and how tough it was to diagnose.
Here is a log book that makes us feel proud as a Radiologist.
Note: Dates of the investigations are not disclosed to comply with Privacy Policy.
Investigation |
Diagnosis |
Images |
Ultrasound - FWB
Patient referred at 19-20 wks gestation for review of some anomaly not clearly defined elsewhere. |
Trisomy 13 (Patau Syndrome)
Findings: 19-20 weeks gestation with
Diagnosed by: Dr Ayush Goel |
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Ultrasound - Whole abdomen
Patient referred with suspicion of hematoma in uterus in some previous scan done elsewhere |
Gossypiboma
Findings: Heterogenous echogenic area distending endocervical canal with dirty shadowing and few hyperechoic specks in endometrial region - suggesting Gossypiboma. Follow up from Gynecologist confirmed Retained Sponge Gossypiboma which was removed. Diagnosed by: Dr Garima Goel |
Ultrasound (Pregnancy)- NT scan
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Hypoplastic Right Heart Syndrome
Gestation age 12 wk - No flow seen at tricuspid valve with echogenic appearing right veintricle. (The fetus additionally had absent nasal bone and reversed "a" wave in DV) Follow up from referring doctor - Confirmed the findings on ultrasound at 16 weeks in Chandigarh Diagnosed by: Dr Ayush Goel |
Ultrasound Whole Abdomen - female patient referred for abdominal bloating and anorexia
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Breast Malignancy – diagnosed through metastatic ovarian lesions (Krukenberg tumor)
Bilateral ovarian masses with ascitis was seen. Liver showed multiple nodules. Patient questioned about any lump in her breast - She informed about a longstanding lump which was never evaluated. Screening of the area showed an irregular mass in breast - constellation of the imaging features are confirmative of diagnosis. Diagnosed by: Dr. Garima Goel |
Ultrasound KUB - advised for blood in Urine
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