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3370 Radiology

A 34-year-old woman is admitted with a history of fever, chills, and greenish sputum for 10 days. She has history of ETOH and substance abuse. On physical examination, vital signs are: pulse 113 bpm; temperature 101degF; respirations 25/min; blood pressure 110/78 mm Hg. She looks ill and has crackles with egophony and E to A changes in the right upper lung field. Laboratory data: Hb 12 g/dL; Hct 37%; WBCs 15.0/uL; differential BUN 48 mg/dL; creatinine 1.7 mg/dL. Chest radiographs are shown below.What is the most likely diagnosis?

AKlebsiella pneumonia
BLoculated empyema
CPostobstructive pneumonia
DTuberculosis
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3372 Radiology

A middle-aged vegetarian man presents with progressive atrophy and weakness of hands and forearms. On examination he is found to have slight spasticity of legs, and generalized hyperreflexia. MRI study if the brain was obtained and increased signals were noted in thecoicospinal tracts on T2 weighted MRI (shown below). The most likely diagnosis is

AMultiple sclerosis
BAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis
CSubacute combined degeneration
DProgressive spinal muscular atrophy
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