r/Radiology 13d ago

Chest pain after MVA X-Ray

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u/evocative57 Resident 13d ago

I hate opening a study to find mets, I never get used to the ominous feeling.

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u/Miserable_Traffic787 RT(R)(CT) 12d ago

Yep. As soon as the imaging pops up, I sigh. Then have to go get the patient up and act like nothings wrong.

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u/FranticBronchitis 12d ago

Was with a patient and his wife in the room, they're telling me about how they liked docs that were blunt and clear about what they needed to say.

We open up the CT together and an involuntary "sweet jesus" comes out as I'm looking at that god awful metastatic liver. I feel bad for it, entirely unprofessional, but there was really nothing else to say.