By Vanessa Sulina
Photos ASA 400 Studio
JPR 2025 brought one of the most traditional and competitive sessions of the congress this Friday, 2/5: the Case Interpretation Plenary Session (CCRP). The room was completely packed to watch the propaedeutics of four Brazilian medical cases, which were studied and commented on by renowned Argentine professionals. All of them correctly diagnosed the cases.
The cases were quite challenging. After presenting the patient’s characteristics, without identification, images from various exams were analyzed. With each discovery, diagnostic possibilities were displayed, discussed, considered or discarded. The professionals were able to base their hypotheses on other images and scientific articles.
The first case was an abdominal case, presented by Dr. Hugo Raul Guerra, a professor of the Postgraduate Program at the National University of Córdoba. The patient had an early delivery at 34 weeks, and an excision biopsy was performed. The diagnosis was an ectopic breast with changes secondary to hormonal stimulation. Dr. Guerra was precise in his assessment.
The second case involved the musculoskeletal area and was commented on by the physician and vice president of the Argentine Society of Radiology (SAR), Dr. Alejandro Rasumoff. The diagnosis was high-grade small cell sarcoma.
The pediatric radiologist at the Oulton Institute in Córdoba, Dr. Mário Pelizzar, was responsible for the case of that area. The diagnosis was adenoma of the mucous glands — a benign tracheobronchial tumor, which is extremely rare.
The last case was in neuroradiology, about Sarcoid-like Reaction due to Pembrolizumab, and was handled by the medical coordinator of CT/MRI of the Diagnostic Imaging Service of the Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires, Dr. Fernando Martin Ferraro.
According to the session moderator, DASA neuroradiologist Dr. Renato Hoffmann Nunes, the interesting thing about this activity is the opportunity to see how each speaker’s reasoning developed until reaching the diagnosis: “More than getting it right, it’s about showing the teaching method used to colleagues. In addition, most of the rooms are separated by body parts and this session presents different cases and allows people from different rooms to come together,” he commented.
