Imaging Review for PA students

CASE 4

1. What SPECIFIC type of study is this?

2. How does the radiation dose for this study compare to that of a PA chest radiograph?

3. What type of tissue appears WHITE and what type of tissue appears BLACK on this kind of study?

4. The patient has a history of stent placement in the left renal artery for hypertension-can you find the stent?

5. If the patient's hypertension has recurred, do you see any abnormality that might be related to this?