Iraqi Board Radiology case studies
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The Iraqi Board in Radiology (Diagnostic Radiology) - البورد العراقي في الأشعة التشخيصية - is the national specialty qualification for physicians who intend to practise as consultant diagnostic radiologists within Iraq's health system. It is aimed at medical graduates who have completed internship and are entering or already enrolled in a structured radiology training programme; the credential certifies that a candidate can independently interpret studies across the full breadth of diagnostic imaging and understands the physics, safety and basic-science foundations of the specialty. The Iraqi Board Radiology case studies are 5 cases and about 3,954 words.
1Suspected pulmonary embolism in a postoperative patient with renal impairment and previous contrast anaphylaxis
A 63-year-old man is on day 4 after emergency laparotomy for perforated sigmoid diverticulitis. He develops sudden pleuritic chest pain and breathlessness.
725 words, about 4 min2Right iliac fossa pain at 24 weeks of pregnancy with a non-visualised appendix
A 29-year-old woman, gravida 1 para 0, is 24 weeks pregnant. She presents at 02:00 with 18 hours of periumbilical pain that has migrated to the right lower quadrant, anorexia and one episode of vomiting.
766 words, about 4 min3A spiral femoral fracture in a non-mobile infant: what the skeletal survey must deliver
A 6-month-old boy is brought to the emergency department by his mother's partner at 22:00 with a swollen left thigh and refusal to move the leg. The history given is that he 'rolled off the sofa' 5 hours earlier.
845 words, about 4 min4Acute versus chronic vertebral compression fracture in a patient on long-term steroids
A 74-year-old woman on long-term prednisolone 10 mg daily for polymyalgia rheumatica presents with 10 days of severe mid-thoracic back pain that began when she bent to pick up a bag. There is no history of trauma, fever, weight loss or known malignancy.
815 words, about 4 min5Rising thyroglobulin with a negative neck ultrasound after thyroid cancer treatment
A 47-year-old woman had a total thyroidectomy 3 years ago for a 3.5 cm papillary thyroid carcinoma with central and lateral neck nodal metastases (pT2 pN1b). She received remnant ablation with 3.7 GBq (100 mCi) of iodine-131 after recombinant TSH, and the post-therapy scan showed uptake only in the thyroid bed.
803 words, about 4 min