Imaging
Those who care for patients with pulmonary, critical care or sleep disorders rely heavily on chest radiology and pathology to determine diagnoses. The Southwest Journal of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep publishes case-based articles with characteristic chest imaging and related pathology.
The editor of this section will oversee and coordinate the publication of a core of the most important chest imaging topics. In doing so, they encourage the submission of unsolicited manuscripts. It cannot be overemphasized that both radiologic and pathologic images must be of excellent quality. As a rule, 600 DPI is sufficient for radiographic and pathologic images. Taking pictures of plain chest radiographs and CT scans with a digital camera is strongly discouraged. The figures should be cited in the text and numbered consecutively. The stain used for pathology specimens and magnification should be mentioned in the figure legend. Those who care for patients with pulmonary, critical care or sleep disorders rely heavily on chest radiology and pathology to determine diagnoses. The Southwest Journal of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep publishes case-based articles with characteristic chest imaging and related pathology. The editor of this section will oversee and coordinate the publication of a core of the most important chest imaging topics. In doing so, they encourage the submission of unsolicited manuscripts. It cannot be overemphasized that both radiologic and pathologic images must be of excellent quality. As a rule, 600 DPI is sufficient for radiographic and pathologic images. Taking pictures of plain chest radiographs and CT scans with a digital camera is strongly discouraged. The figures should be cited in the text and numbered consecutively. The stain used for pathology specimens and magnification should be mentioned in the figure legend.
Medical Image of the Week: Massive Spontaneous Intra-Abdominal Bleeding
Figure 1. CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis showing diffuse intra-abdominal bleeding.
A 67 year-old female with RA, on anti-TNF and steroids, was admitted to the ICU with severe shock, likely hemorrhagic. She was on Coumadin for atrial fibrillation. She was found to have severe coagulopathy and diffuse spontaneous abdominal bleeding (Figure 1). She also developed left popliteal artery thrombosis, with compartment syndrome requiring surgical intervention. DIC was the final diagnosis.
Mohammed Alzoubaidi MD, Carmen Luraschi-Monjagatta MD, Sridhar Reddy MD, Robert McAtee MD.
Departments of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine
South Campus
Tucson, Arizona
Reference as: Alzoubaidi M, Luraschi-Monjagatta C, Reddy S, McAtee R. Medical image of the week: massive spontaneous intra-abdominal bleeding. Southwest J Pulm Crit Care. 2014;8(2):135. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13175/swjpcc018-14 PDF