October 6, 2006 13 Comments

Image quiz 2

Here’s another image to tease you. It’s a radiograph (aksi medical talk for “X-ray”) of the abdomen. What does it show?

Clue: abdominal pain.

Image quiz: tell me what the X-ray shows.

p/s. Ruminate over this over the weekend, ok?

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13 comments so far

  1. LM October 6, 2006 4:06 pm

    There’s something stuck up there.. ahh!

    Something is in there. :-)

  2. nyonyapenang October 6, 2006 9:40 pm

    blood clot?

    No, nyonya… blood clots can’t be seen on X-ray. Hmmm… but on CT scan blood clots can be seen.

  3. hoiling October 6, 2006 11:42 pm

    Ring worms

    Hahahaha, great pun. Ring worms… good one lah. You can see it on the X-ray but it’s not a “ring”. It’s in the body but it’s not a “worm”. Real ringworms are, of course, diagnosed by looking at the skin and X-rays aren’t helpful.

  4. eve October 7, 2006 10:24 am

    err….could it be stone in the ureter ar?…eh waitaminute…i know..u left something in the pt’s abdomen the last time u did a surgery on him….hah…mabbe ur false teeth?…
    keekkekkeekke….soli soli..joking..

    haha eve, very funny… well… 1. could be…and… 2. could very well be… but i dun wear false teeth worr, nor do i wear earrings :-)

  5. yenjai October 7, 2006 10:55 am

    err… hoiling… ringworm is NOT a worm.

    Ringworm is a contagious fungus infection that can affect the scalp, the body (particularly the groin), the feet, and the nails. Despite its name, it has nothing to do with worms. The name comes from the characteristic red ring that can appear on an infected person’s skin. Ringworm is also called Tinea.

    source

    Thank you, yenjai. You’re da man.

  6. hoiling October 7, 2006 2:00 pm

    Opppss … I didn’t know that Ringworm is not a worm!! >:) The clue stated is abdominal pain. hehehee

    In the younger days, some neighbour kids passed out worms! Eww .. not 1 or 2 but .. many of them in the potty. Gross!

    You haven’t passed out yours yet? Want deworming medicine? Just kidding. Yes it can be quite dramatic.

  7. ahhong October 7, 2006 2:07 pm

    en…just go through this website…
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdominal_pain#Selected_causes

    Is male or female?
    what i guess is ectopic pregnancy?or ureter problem….
    ha..anyhow guess also…

    Welcome, ahhong. Thank you for the input. You’ve done your homework :-). The patient is male… so it’s not an ectopic pregnancy. Ureteric stone is possible.

  8. eve October 7, 2006 2:31 pm

    calcified appendicular mass?..oit..the suspense is killing me oredi la…kambek to work..n tell me the answer….faitit faitit…

    Patience, my dear… good things come to those who wait. Hehe. I’m in KL lah. Don’t worry… i won’t let you wait too long.

  9. LM October 8, 2006 8:24 am

    Looks like something stuck/growing in the rectum lah! :)

    err… no.

  10. yenjai October 8, 2006 9:20 pm

    Hoiling, the worm you talked about, is tapeworm.

    Tapeworms are long, segmented worms of the class Cestoda, which comprise 1 of 3 classes of parasitic worms (worms that require a host within which to mature).These worms lack an intestinal tract and instead are able to absorb nutrients through their integument.

    The adult consists of a head (scolex), where the worms attach to the mucosa of the intestine; a neck; and a segmented body that contains both male gonads and female gonads (proglottids).

    source

    Wah yenjai, you really are the parasitology expert.

  11. hoiling October 8, 2006 11:18 pm

    Ohhh .. thanks Doc Yong. New discovery for me. Always have this impression that ringworm is a worm. :)

    Err .. deworming medicine? I thought that for kids! Anyway, back to the quiz .. “Appendicitis”?

    hoiling… great! you and eve are on the right track.

  12. hoiling October 9, 2006 8:27 pm

    Thanks. Just wild guess! ;)

    Good guess!

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