This weekend's fun CT
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wrote on 15 Oct 2022, 13:15 last edited by
Here’s a case of a young man who presented in respiratory distress with trouble handling his secretions. He’s nonverbal and no other history is available.
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wrote on 15 Oct 2022, 14:11 last edited by
What are we looking at @George-K
Is that a bird?
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What are we looking at @George-K
Is that a bird?
wrote on 15 Oct 2022, 14:28 last edited by@taiwan_girl you're looking at a CT of this kid's chest.
CT is done by virtually "slicing" through the body, and this cut is just in front of the spine in the chest. That large "blob" shaped thing, just to the left of the spine, is the esophagus.
If you look closer, there's something strange in the esophagus:
They intubated the kid, and took him to the GI lab, where an upper endoscopy was able to retrieve this:
Kind of a big deal, because this toy was so large it was causing an esophageal obstruction, and pushing on the trachea, compromising his breathing.
He's lucky the esophagus didn't perforate - that is a very serious problem.
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Here’s a case of a young man who presented in respiratory distress with trouble handling his secretions. He’s nonverbal and no other history is available.
wrote on 15 Oct 2022, 15:57 last edited by@George-K what’s scary to me…is how you and I seem to follow the same Twitter accounts in every subject.
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@George-K what’s scary to me…is how you and I seem to follow the same Twitter accounts in every subject.
wrote on 16 Oct 2022, 01:21 last edited by@bachophile said in This weekend's fun CT:
you and I seem to follow the same Twitter accounts in every subject.
Hmm, the other subjects that are not medical should probably stay between you and @George-K 555
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wrote on 16 Oct 2022, 02:14 last edited by
What does this have to do with Connecticut?