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History matters when you can get it. CXR and Shoulder MRI…XRs are often diagnostic…actually have to look at them

71M with known history of Renal Cell Ca diagnosed in September 2022.CXR done for left sided mass read as "normal, no bone lesions" in October 2022. MRI done for occult mass end of February 2023. This was never occult. Click on the attached pdf for the shoulder MRI 71M RCCA anterior shoulder mass.pdf

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Shoulder Adhesive Capsulitis Not Always A Clinical Diagnosis XR and MRI

49MHistory given for XR "acute onset frozen shoulder 2 weeks ago". XR read as normal….looks normal, even in retrospect. Typically, pain precedes limited range of motion for some weeks. Symptoms of acute onset limited range of motion should not scream adhesive capsultis, clinically. When there is acute onset of pain and LROM, without trauma, think

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Anatomy question

Hello OCADers, I got the following question from my anatomy colleagues and wanted to see what our thoughts are. In a recent subcommittee meeting of the Clinical Anatomical Terminology Committee, we got side-tracked on a discussion of whether the rectus abdominis muscle should be defined – for the general/first-time learner – as a unilateral muscle

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