1. Radiology Review Chest Films and the Heart Part 2
MDFPR/UNECOM August 5, 2009 M. LaCombe
2. But first, a pop-quiz:
3. A blurry star, or
4. A pretty green worm, or
5. A nice toadstool, or
6. Nice purple flowers, or
7. Gee, the stars are out, or
8. And this is
9. Interns: Your first homework assignment, please?
10. And your second?
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48. The preceeding film shows the pulmonary plethora of ASD
plethora [ pleth -er- uh ] noun 1.overabundance; excess: a plethora
of advice and a paucity of assistance. 2. Pathology Archaic . a
morbid condition due to excess of red corpuscles in the blood or
increase in the quantity of blood. [Origin: 153545; < NL < Gk
plthra fullness]
49. The facial plethora of Cushings
50. The facial plethora of carcinoid:
51. The hemi-plethora of harlequin syndrome
52. A plethora of penguins
53. Actually, the correct term would be a colony of penguins
(when seen thus, they are often referred to as a huddle of
penguins
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64. What object, other than a water bottle does this look
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65. It might remind one of a Minoan flagon or ewer (2200
BCE)
66. Or this Tudor flagon from the 16th C.
67. Or the bocksbeutel, the flagon-shaped German wine bottle
characteristic of Franconia and of Wrzberg
68. So, when you start seeing flagons, think pericardial
effusion
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83. Thats it for this week. Next week, August 12 th , more on
chest xrays. In closing, what is this?
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85. Yes, it is foxfire, a bioluminescent fungus
86. Were not done. Bioluminescent fungi share an important
light-making enzyme with fireflies. Do you know the name of the
enzyme?
87. Its luciferase, which gets its name from Lucifer,
Bringer-of-light, the Fallen Angel
88. Were done. Chest xrays on the 12 th and then on the 19
th