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21 topics, 34 min.
Introduction to ED Practice Cases
2 m.Wk 1, Case 1 - Practice
Wk 1, Case 1 - Review
2 m.Wk 1, Case 2 - Practice
Wk 1, Case 2 - Review
3 m.Wk 1, Case 3 - Practice
Wk 1, Case 3 - Review
11 m.Wk 1, Case 4 - Practice
Wk 1, Case 4 - Review
6 m.Wk 1, Case 5 - Practice
Wk 1, Case 5 - Review
2 m.Wk 1, Case 6 - Practice
Wk 1, Case 6 - Review
4 m.Wk 1, Case 7 - Practice
Wk 1, Case 7 - Review
2 m.Wk 1, Case 8 - Practice
Wk 1, Case 8 - Review
3 m.Wk 1, Case 9 - Practice
Wk 1, Case 9 - Review
4 m.Wk 1, Case 10 - Practice
Wk 1, Case 10 - Review
2 m.20 topics, 35 min.
Wk 2, Case 11 - Practice
Wk 2, Case 11 - Review
10 m.Wk 2, Case 12 - Practice
Wk 2, Case 12 - Review
3 m.Wk 2, Case 13 - Practice
Wk 2, Case 13 - Review
3 m.Wk 2, Case 14 - Practice
Wk 2, Case 14 - Review
2 m.Wk 2, Case 15 - Practice
Wk 2, Case 15 - Review
10 m.Wk 2, Case 16 - Practice
Wk 2, Case 16 - Review
2 m.Wk 2, Case 17 - Practice
Wk 2, Case 17 - Review
1 m.Wk 2, Case 18 - Practice
Wk 2, Case 18 - Review
2 m.Wk 2, Case 19 - Practice
Wk 2, Case 19 - Review
3 m.Wk 2, Case 20 - Practice
Wk 2, Case 20 - Review
4 m.20 topics, 40 min.
Wk 3, Case 21 - Practice
Wk 3, Case 21 - Review
8 m.Wk 3, Case 22 - Practice
Wk 3, Case 22 - Review
4 m.Wk 3, Case 23 - Practice
Wk 3, Case 23 - Review
9 m.Wk 3, Case 24 - Practice
Wk 3, Case 24 - Review
2 m.Wk 3, Case 25 - Practice
Wk 3, Case 25 - Review
6 m.Wk 3, Case 26 - Practice
Wk 3, Case 26 - Review
2 m.Wk 3, Case 27 - Practice
Wk 3, Case 27 - Review
3 m.Wk 3, Case 28 - Practice
Wk 3, Case 28 - Review
4 m.Wk 3, Case 29 - Practice
Wk 3, Case 29 - Review
3 m.Wk 3, Case 30 - Practice
Wk 3, Case 30 - Review
5 m.20 topics, 39 min.
Wk 4, Case 31 - Practice
Wk 4, Case 31- Review
2 m.Wk 4, Case 32 - Practice
Wk 4, Case 32 - Review
7 m.Wk 4, Case 33 - Practice
Wk 4, Case 33 - Review
3 m.Wk 4, Case 34 - Practice
Wk 4, Case 34 - Review
5 m.Wk 4, Case 35 - Practice
Wk 4, Case 35 - Review
5 m.Wk 4, Case 36 - Practice
Wk 4, Case 36 - Review
5 m.Wk 4, Case 37 - Practice
Wk 4, Case 37 - Review
3 m.Wk 4, Case 38 - Practice
Wk 4, Case 38 - Review
6 m.Wk 4, Case 39 - Practice
Wk 4, Case 39 - Review
3 m.Wk 4, Case 40 - Practice
Wk 4, Case 40 - Review
5 m.20 topics, 41 min.
Wk 5, Case 41 - Practice
Wk 5, Case 41 - Review
6 m.Wk 5, Case 42 - Practice
Wk 5, Case 42 - Review
8 m.Wk 5, Case 43 - Practice
Wk 5, Case 43 - Review
2 m.Wk 5, Case 44 - Practice
Wk 5, Case 44 - Review
3 m.Wk 5, Case 45 - Practice
Wk 5, Case 45 - Review
7 m.Wk 5, Case 46 - Practice
Wk 5, Case 46 - Review
3 m.Wk 5, Case 47 - Practice
Wk 5, Case 47 - Review
2 m.Wk 5, Case 48 - Practice
Wk 5, Case 48 - Review
6 m.Wk 5, Case 49 - Practice
Wk 5, Case 49 - Review
4 m.Wk 5, Case 50 - Practice
Wk 5, Case 50 - Review
6 m.Interactive Transcript
Report
REPORT
CLINICAL INDICATION: 27-year-old male with sore throat x3 days and bilateral tonsillar exudate on physical exam.
TECHNIQUE: Postcontrast CT images of the neck were obtained from the petrous apices down through the thoracic inlet after the intravenous administration of iodinated contrast.
COMPARISON: None.
FINDINGS:
The structures about the skull base are unremarkable. Orbits are grossly unremarkable. Mild mucosal thickening involving bilateral maxillary sinus and bilateral anterior ethmoid air cells. Mastoid air cells are clear.
The floor of mouth and base of tongue structures are within normal limits. The larynx is symmetric.
There is approximately 1.4 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm (TRV by AP by CC) hypodense collection adjacent to the left tonsil within the left parapharyngeal space compatible with a small abscess (Key Image 1). Tiny hypodensities are also noted within the left palatine tonsil which could represent small crypts versus extension of the abscess. Edema spreads to the supraglottic larynx and the piriform sinus on the left side.
The thyroid gland is symmetric and homogenous.
Mildly prominent bilateral cervical lymph nodes are evident, largest at the left level 2B station measuring up to 1.4 x 2.6 cm, likely reactive in etiology.
The superior mediastinum is unremarkable. The lung apices are clear. Visualized portions of the intracranial and neck vasculature appear unremarkable.
No evidence of acute fracture or focal lytic or blastic lesions. The patient has screws in the anterior mandible likely for prior fracture.
IMPRESSION:
Small 1.4 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm hypodense collection adjacent to the left tonsil within the left parapharyngeal space is compatible with a peritonsillar abscess. Reactive bilateral cervical lymphadenopathy.
Key Images
Faculty
David M Yousem, MD, MBA
Professor of Radiology, Vice Chairman and Associate Dean
Johns Hopkins University
Tags
Oral Cavity/Oropharynx
Neuroradiology
Infectious
Head and Neck
CT
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