All pathological CXR look the same to me?
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All pathological CXR look the same to me?
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Originally Posted by nexttime
Will you though? I'm pretty sure at med school I've had MCQs which were literally an XR and 5 diagnoses to choose from. ECGs too. Albeit not in year two.
I don't think that's necessarily unreasonable either - a pneumothorax seen on CXR doesn't have too many differentials and really shouldn't be missed. You could say the same about a few other findings - they should be recognised in isolation.
In real life things are rarely so clear-cut as medical exams though. obviously
We've always had a clinical history alongside an XR when we're asked for a diagnosis in exams. The radiologist always has a clinical history (even if it's "pyrexia ?LTRI" or something so brief) so makes no sense to examine otherwise. We have had exams where we need to describe an XR witho...
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