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: Maggots
Figure 1. Chronic ulcerated wound with clean base due to the debridement caused by the maggots.
An 80-year old man presented with pruritic exacerbation of his chronic wound. He had venous stasis ulcers chronically to the lower extremities bilaterally, requiring bandages. He presented with pruritis, but no fevers or pain. The bandage was removed which revealed the maggots (Figure 1).
Jarrod M. Mosier, MD
Department of Medicine and Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine-Critical Care Program
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
Reference as: Mosier JM. Medical image of the week: maggots. Southwest J Pulm Crit Care. 2013;7(6):338. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13175/swjpcc154-13 PDF