Dear all. Time passes, and I must move on. After several years with the blog “José Vilar and Friends”, more than two million visits and near five hundred thousand visitors, I am finishing my job. It has been a great experience, trying to teach some basic clues, but also learning a lot from you, and […]
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José Vilar and Friends Case 54 (Update: Solution and Teaching tips!)
Dear friends, after a short trip to the abdomen, we return to the chest. Here is a case to prove your ability to detect and diagnose. This is an 82-year-old man with an important weight loss. There are several relevant radiological findings in both projections. Can you list them? Update, Monday 25th October: Heading to […]
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José Vilar and Friends Case 53 (Solution+Teaching tips!)
Hello everybody. This time I have had a minor medical problem, and have asked one of my former colleagues, a young radiologist from Hospital Universitario Dr. Peset, in Valencia to help me. Dr José Vizuete is a splendid radiologist, and one of his areas of domain is the abdomen. (He was co-author of our case […]
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José Vilar and Friends Case 52 (Solution+Teaching tips!)
Dear Friends, After our last case that was successfully analyzed by everybody… Today I bring a case from Dr Santiago Isarría (Hospital Universitario Dr. Peset, Valencia). A patient referred from the cardiology clinic refers mild chronic shortness of breath. As always, look carefully and let me know what you see and what you think. ( […]
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José Vilar and Friends Case 51 (Solution+Teaching point!)
Hello everybody. I am back after a long and profitable vacation, hiking in the Spanish mountains and swimming in the nearby sea. Wonderful. I hope that all of you are well and in better conditions than last year. COVID 19 is still around and we have to stay alert. To warm up, I will just […]
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José Vilar and Friends Case 50 (Solution+Case Lessons!)
Dear friends, sorry about the wait, but I do hope you enjoy it! This case was shown to me by Dr Santiago Isarría from Hospital Universitario Dr. Peset. Valencia. Spain. The case was a bit shocking to me, and I asked Dr Isarría if he could let me show it in the blog because it […]
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José Vilar and Friends Case 49 (Solution+Teaching Tips!)
Dear Friends, This case was sent to me by Dr. Ana Villanueva, a young Spanish radiologist actually training at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Toronto). Ana is a good representation of the new generation of radiologists. Her father, Dr. Alberto Villanueva has contributed to this blog (Case 31) and probably is partly responsible for Ana´s interest […]
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José Vilar and Friends Case 48 (Update: Solution+Teaching tips!)
Hello friends, this time, my good friend and former Resident, Dr Lucía Flors sends me a case that fits perfectly with our line of interesting and teaching cases. Dr Flors is presently at UCLA in Los Angeles as Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology with special dedication to thoracic imaging. She has already participated in this […]
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José Vilar and Friends Case 47 (Update: Solution!)
Hello everybody. Here is a new case from my collection to test your ability to see and your knowledge- Preoperatory radiographs. No significant symptoms. As in previous cases three questions: Where is the abnormality? What could it be? What would you do? Click here for the answer The PA projection shows a double density […]
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José Vilar and Friends Case 46 (Update: Solution+Correction!)
Dear Friends, This is a case that was provided to me some time ago by Dr Javier Lucaya, a superb pediatric radiologist from Barcelona. A two year old with acute severe cough. What do you think and what would you do? Update: Here is the expiratory radiograph. Two questions: How did we manage to obtain […]