Weekly Chest CasesArchive of Old Cases

Case No : 573 Date 2008-10-20

  • Courtesy of Hyun Ju Lee, MD. / Seoul National University Hospital, Korea.
  • Age/Sex 33 / M
  • Chief ComplaintChest PA abnormality / PMHx> DM(+), others; all denied
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Diagnosis With Brief Discussion

Diagnosis
Left Isomerism (Interruption of the IVC with Azygos Continuation)
Radiologic Findings
Chest radiograph shows right paratracheal bulgng shadow. Bilteral hip bronchi are also noted.
Lung window setting of chest CT shows left isomerism of bronchus.
Contrast-enhanced chest CT shows IVC interruption with azygos continuation. Polysplenia is also noted.
Brief Review
Please refer to
Case 274,
References
Keywords
Multiple organ, Congenital,

No. of Applicants : 88

▶ Correct Answer : 26/88,  29.5%
  • - Shiga University of Medical Science , Japan Norihisa Nitta
  • - Kasturba Medical College Manipal , India Paresh Desai
  • - Al-Hada Armed Forced Hospital , Saudi Arabia Ahmed FathiEid
  • - The Armed Forces HamPyeong Hospital , Korea (South) Bae Geun Oh
  • - Marien Hospital, Hamm , Germany Davis Chiramel
  • - EKH-Berlin , Germany Michael Weber
  • - Regional Imaging Ltd. - Riverina, NSW, Australia , Australia Rashid Hashmi
  • - Gimpo Woori Hospital , Korea (South) Son Youl Lee
  • - Lilavati Hospital & Research Centre , India Mahavir Swami
  • - SMG-SNU Boramae Hospital , Korea (South) Daehee Han
  • - PITTWATER RADIOLOGY , Australia Saurabh Khandelwal
  • - PITTWATER RADIOLOGY , Australia Julie Arora
  • - Seoul National University Hospital , Korea (South) Sang Min Lee
  • - hospital Sao Paulo , Brazil israel missrie
  • - IRSA La Rochelle France , France Denis Chabassiere
  • - Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology , United States Naganathan Mani
  • - Assam medical college, INDIA , India karunakaran M
  • - wonju christial hospital , Korea (South) daekeon Lim
  • - radiology department ANNECY , France gilles GENIN
  • - KMC,Manipal , India satish maddukuri
  • - OSWAL CANCER HOSPITAL , India LOVKESH MITTAL
  • - jiangsu province hospital , China yuan doctor
  • - Dongguk University International Hospital , Korea (South) Hee Seok Choi
  • - Diapi Yildirim Beyazit Hospital, Ankara, Turkey , Turkey Meric Tuzun
  • - Saga University , Japan Ryoko Egashira
  • - All India Institute of Medical Sciences , India Ashish Gupta
▶ Semi-Correct Answer : 47/88,  53.4%
  • - Osaka University , Japan Osamu Honda
  • - Chungnam National University hospital , Korea (South) Kyoung Jin Oh
  • - Deptt of Radiodiagnosis & Imaging, PGIMER chandigarh , India Ram Galwa
  • - OSWAL CANCER HOSP. , India VISHAL GARG
  • - Samsung Medical Center , Korea (South) Dae Kun Oh
  • - China Medical University,Taiwan,R.O.C. , Taiwan Jun Jun Yeh
  • - POPOVO HOSPITAL , Bulgaria VLADISLAV RUSINOV
  • - Arora Neuro Centre,Ludhiana , India Devendra Kumar
  • - Father Muller Medical College , Mangalore , India nabil mahmood
  • - Semmelweis University , Hungary Gabriella Gyori
  • - chp st martin , France Mariotte benoit
  • - McGill University Health Centre , Canada Amr Ajlan
  • - McGill University Health Center , Canada Alexandre Semionov
  • - Konkuk university hospital , Korea (South) Jeong Geun Yi
  • - dept of radiodiagnosis and imaging ,PGIMER , India srikala narayanan
  • - Univ. of Miami/Jackson Memorial , United States mantosh rattan
  • - Soonchunhyang university hospital, Bucheon , Korea (South) Hyelin Kim
  • - Princess DuruShehvar Hospital , India tatikonda kishan
  • - Asian Heart Institute, Nirman Hitech & Apollo clinic , India Jeshil Shah
  • - Stroger hospital , United States ky yoo
  • - yashodha hospital , India pravin mahadevappa
  • - Central Queensland Medical Imaging , Australia Sandeep Joshi
  • - Soonchunhyang university Bucheon hospital , Korea (South) Minhee Lee
  • - K.J.SOMAIYA HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE. , India vipul jethwa
  • - NONE , India rekha gupta
  • - National Taiwan University Hospital, Yun-lin branch , Taiwan Chin-Chung Shu
  • - Trakya Univercity School of Medicine , Turkey Armagan Sarac
  • - Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital , Korea (South) Park Sang Hyun
  • - All India Institute of Medical Sciences , India puneet kochar
  • - IRCCS S.Luca Hosp. , Italy filippo casolo
  • - Royal Oldham Hospital , United Kingdom Rajesh Annamalaisamy
  • - Dana Farber cancer Institute , United States jyothi jagannathan
  • - Hanmaeum Hospital , Korea (South) Kwon Hyoung Kim
  • - EHIRC , India Aakash Mahajan
  • - Cheongshim international medical center , Korea (South) Hae Jum Yang
  • - Trakya University School of Medicine , Turkey Umut Ugur
  • - Vital Imaging Centre, Mumbai,India , India Ganesh Agrawal
  • - Singhealth , Singapore Jenn Khoo
  • - clinique de SAVOIE , France, Metropolitan gay depassier philippe
  • - BATRA HOSPITAL NEW DELH , India MONIKA AGARWAL
  • - tantia general hospital , India gurpreet khalsa
  • - Medical College Chest Hospital,Thrissur,Kerala , India Raveendran TK
  • - McGill university , Canada Makki Almuntashri
  • - jaslok hospital & research centre mumbai , India JAINENDRA JAIN
  • - All India Institute of medical sciences , India Justin Moses
  • - Armed Forces Chun-Cheon Hospital , Korea (South) ChaeHun Lim
  • - NOUR EL-ISLAM RADIOLOGY CENTER , Egypt elsayed mousa
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