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Gilat L Grunau1, Jonathon A Leipsic1, Stephanie L Sellers1
1From the Department of Radiology (G.L.G., J.A.L., S.L.S.), Centre for Heart Lung Innovation (J.A.L., S.L.S., M.A.S.), and Department of Pathology (M.A.S.), St Paul's Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada (J.A.L.).
Abstract:
Editor's Note.-RadioGraphics continues to publish radiologic-pathologic case material selected from the American Institute for Radiologic Pathology (AIRP) "best case" presentations. The AIRP conducts a 4-week Radiologic Pathology Correlation Course, which is offered five times per year. On the penultimate day of the course, the best case presentation is held at the American Film Institute Silver Theater and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Md. The AIRP faculty identifies the best cases from each organ system, brought by the resident attendees. One or more of the best cases from each of the five courses are then solicited for publication in RadioGraphics. These cases emphasize the importance of radiologic-pathologic correlation in the imaging evaluation and diagnosis of diseases encountered at the institute and its predecessor, the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP).
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