March 27, 2014 /

A favorite of the USMLE Steps, NBME Internal Medicine Shelf, and ABIM Internal Medicine Board Exams seems to be those ring-shaped lesions picked up on imaging studies. Often, the scenario is a ring lesion identified on a CT head scan …
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July 19, 2013 /

Start out your Friday morning with our Radiology Challenge, featuring an Internal Medicine board exam-style image question:   47-year-old female with a past medical history of lupus and hypertension presents to the emergency department left flank pain for 8 hours. …
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May 15, 2013 /

42-year-old obese female complains of right upper quadrant pain for three months. It is particularly severe following large fatty meals and at night. The pain radiates to the back and is occasionally accompanied by nausea. Below is an ultrasound image …
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