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Mar 24, 2021 15 tweets 9 min read
How can Ultrasound Elastography be used to diagnose liver fibrosis? 👉

A #TWEETORIAL based on the first-ever @radiology_rsna Research In Practice article -- all images presented are from pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/ra…!

#meded #RadInTraining #radres #futureradres #incomingradres

1/ Dr. @AileenO_Shea and Dr. Theodore Pierce from @MGHImaging present a case of a patient with known liver steatosis and bridging fibrosis lost to follow-up. Eventually, this patient was diagnosed with cirrhosis after noninvasive investigation with ultrasound elastography.

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Aug 26, 2020 11 tweets 6 min read
How bad is the risk of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) from gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) in different stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD)? A @radiology_rsna #MedEd #RadInTraining #tweetorial.

1/11 Drs. Shankar and Davenport from @UMichRadiology answer this Q in a fantastic meta-analysis of 16 studies done with group II GBCAs in stage 4 versus 5 CKD patients, published as @radiology_rsna article at pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.11….

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