This educational video contains multiple examples of strange and weird things seen on x-ray including different diseases, skeletal conditions, and objects/artifacts. Enjoy!
The strangest thing I ever saw on an X-ray was a dental tool inside a patient's lung. When he was having a dental procedure with his mouth open and head tipped back, the dentist accidently lost his grip on the tool and it dropped straight down the patient's throat and into his lung. He came to our hospital to evaluate whether to remove it. Ultimately it was decided that removal was too risky so I guess he is still walking around with it.
Absolutely jaw-droppingly fascinated. 20+ year nurse here and medically retired. You got yourself a sub! I'm wondering why those techs didn't remove the jeans in several of those xrays. Those artifacts could easily mask something small in the pelvic area. I've never seen someone who cared so little about the images they handed to the doc.
I was wondering the same thing. Where I live no x-ray in a doctor's rooms or private hospital is going to happen unless the patient is in a hospital gown and socks. I don't know if the state hospitals are the same or not because last I heard they were severely under funded, under staffed, under equipped and having many other major issues like no power or water or beds and linens or crumbling buildings. Scary.
I was diagnosed with cancer over 12 years ago, was treated and cured with chemo, after 5 years my insurance refused to pay for the normal scans so I now annually have two view chest x-rays taken. The first time the radiologist did this and looked at my x-Ray, she was surprised because she missed the bottom of my lungs on the image so she took another set and she stated you have some of the largest lungs I have ever seen in a man of your height. I told her, not surprising to me as I had been singing all my life with excellent breath control. The good Lord gave me those lungs to sing His Praises! Every year since, when I have my chest x-rays, she asks me if I still sing, and I answer, yes, in His Honor! 👨🏻🦳
Having broken 10 bones, my Left hand about 9 years ago. I only have trouble with my right ankle, years ago my Doctor sent me to a Podiatrist he x rayed my foot and told me my ankle never healed good. I told him I never knew it was broken. Great show.
@@kslolohoku2665my heart goes out to you. In my early thirties, I was diagnosed with three fibroids the size of 4-month fetus gestation, with a fourth smaller one. Of course my insurance denied surgery and continued to deny surgery for one full year, even with a second opinion. By the time Insurance finally approved, I had to have major surgery
@kalaw1900 thank you for your sympathetic understanding; returned and reflected, as I, as well, am sorry for what you have experienced. I very much appreciate your message of acknowledgment.
Very interesting. At 3:56 you correctly identify the metallic densities as birdshot; but when you next show a retained bullet and fragments, you remarked that the appearance contrasted with the previous image of "buckshot". As I'm sure you know, birdshot and buckshot are quite different in size - 0.08 inch versus 0.25 to 0.33 inch. A birdshot wound is most often survivable; a buckshot wound is commonly fatal. Doc TH
Yes sir you are correct, they are very different and thanks for catching my mess-up. Birdshot, buckshot and bullet fragments are radiographically and clinically very different.
3:25 When I was a new graduate RN - holy cow… 30 years ago? Ugh. One of my first patients was a 19 year old male who was sleeping in the back seat of his friend’s car. They were involved in a terrible MVA and his friends who were in the front seats perished. This was before the natural course was to transfer pt’s to rehab/SNFs (skilled nursing facilities). He was on our floor and I had him as my pt. for 6 weeks. Poor guy - his testicles swelled up like the one in your vid. No kidding - they were round and the size of a small cantaloupe. I remember wondering if he would be able to have children someday. He was very fortunate to have survived (he had other injuries too - I believe a broken pelvis and leg were a part of it). I remember he was in so much pain. All he wanted was ice packs and, when he needed breaks from them, it was almost too much for him to deal with when his pain meds started to wear off. Poor guy.
20 year nurse here. In my day, for major injuries and medical conditions, (before the opiate 'crisis,' when we actually _treated_ pain without judgment) we gave pain meds consistently to try to prevent peaks and troughs. Did they not they do that in your day? I wonder because you are referring to an issue of that type.
Thanks to a spine fusion in 1971, there is " an unidentifiable metallic artifact" in my lumbar x-rays.. It's a broken figure 8 wire that has no explanation. Many surgeries since and none could say what the surgeon was doing. Fascinating.
Very interesting! Last year I got surgery to remove an enchodroma in my right index finger! It's a pity that nowadays x-rays are on dvd, I'd have liked to frame the before and after images 😅 Btw, I'm still having rigidity problems, but at least I know for sure it wasn't something dangerous.
The first real job I ever had was X-ray technologist. My license expired in 1992 and I still have it. I got a job in automation that doubled my salary. That was a lot of expensive schooling down the drain. I have a lot of good memories from working in a hospital. Mostly from all the RNs I played Dr with.
Ok I have Metal loops for closure of ribcage post open heart surgery -also a stent on the ascending aorta riight side for treatment of an aneryism. also 5 screws approx 20 -35mm right hip for treatment of right hip greenstick fracture. Has anyone else had major surgery? Oh! I forgot about the radioactive seeds in my prostate -I had them inserted as a brachitherapy for treatment of prostate cancer which i am im 99.8 percent in remission -Had that done in 2015.
@@xrayreview-drbIf everyone is abnormal, then wouldn't that be normal? So it's normal to be abnormal. I'm going to go sit down now. My normally abnormal brain is spinning.
I thought that patients are supposed to remove all jewelry and anything metal (zippers, buttons). A have degenerative disc diease and have had 2 surgeries and a spinal cord implant. Some of my x-rays have either hardware from fusion or it always seemed to correspond with my cycle, and we got the picture of my tampons 😂
Yes the jewelry and clothing artifacts should be removed. Here is a link to a video on artifacts seen on x-ray :) th-cam.com/video/8kEpW6-4FOY/w-d-xo.html I hope your back is feeling better!
@@xrayreview-drb No worries. I'm definitely not qualified to judge but that zipper made me laugh. I immediately wondered how useful an abdominal pocket would be but the only logical usee I could think of was for smugglers.
As a myelomeningocele, I have often wondered what it looks like on film. I am used to seeing film of other body parts, eg today I saw film of my knee, which has collapsed due to ?rupture of ligament(s) and due MRI next week. However, as for pictures of my spine, it remains a mystery, at least to me! Radiologists are unsung heroes to me and interpreting what is going on or tellibg the story of what has gone on in the past, perhaps without the patient's knowledge or awareness, is fascinating.to me. Thank you for all that you and your colleagues do to improve life. Blessings and peace from UK
I had uterine fibroids and didn’t know if until after I woke up from my hysterectomy. 5lbs! My uterus was so scarred from endometriosis that I opted for a hysterectomy at the age of 29. They found the fibroids wille they were in there. Just freaking wild!
While I was homeless, the family living in the van next to me had a delightful son with..."lobster claw" hands. I introduced him to my silkie rooster, who happened to have four toes on one side and six on the other. He was fascinated and really came out of his shell. It happens, sweetheart. There is no punishment or ridicule. That rehealed fracture looks awful painful. Wow, fascinating. It's amazing what they can repair
Hold up, at 3:26 the male scrotum can get *THAT* big due to swelling? Holy crap you men do NOT have a good time whenever you’ve injured yourself down there! That’s something I’ve just learned today 😮
Great question. YES patients should always be properly gowned before imaging. Clothing artifacts are unprofessional and can obstruct overlying anatomy.
If you do an MRI of the thoracic spine, can you also see findings in the lungs, liver and other organs? And is this even checked? Best wishes from Germany 😊😊😊
Yes you can see other areas such as the lungs and solid organs however not as well as computed tomography or CT. CT is the gold standard for imaging the chest and abdomen.
Half of them, I don’t know what you’re talking about. I don’t know what we’re looking at. I can’t identify the area you’re talking about. I don’t know what it’s supposed to look like.. I don’t know what’s abnormal in the picture. Is it possible to colorize the abnormal part?
Well, I'm a software engineer but curious, so it was interesting. I'll forward it to the three kids (an EMT, a NP, an OB/Gyn, and a PCP). (Doesn't anyone want to be an engineer anymore?)
Where were these taken why are so many patients x-rayed without removing bras, trousers (zips and buttons) I e packs etc . Loved the post but really bad practice on the radiographers part!
Years ago we were doing treating for shock training.....later talking with an emerg nurse the topic of strange things extracted from people. 3 feet of coiled sausage(butt) champagne bottle in vagina. Broken light bulbs(butt)
Aus den USA? Danke, Herr Kollege, für die hervorragenden Aufnahmen und deren Demonstration. Sofort abonniert. Einige Dinge, die die Orthopäden tun, werde ich nie verstehen, selbst wenn sie funktionieren. Die Arthrodese in dem infizierten Kniegelenk- was für eine verzweifelte Situation. Oder die völlig eingesteifte HWS, die Wirbelsäulen… Ich bleibe doch lieber Anästhesist. 😅
The strangest thing I ever saw on an X-ray was a dental tool inside a patient's lung. When he was having a dental procedure with his mouth open and head tipped back, the dentist accidently lost his grip on the tool and it dropped straight down the patient's throat and into his lung. He came to our hospital to evaluate whether to remove it. Ultimately it was decided that removal was too risky so I guess he is still walking around with it.
Thank you for sharing that is a very interesting story! Hope he is doing OK today
That’s why all dentists should use dental dams! They hate them, but if his dentist would have used one, this most likely wouldn’t have happened.
I'll be 75 in Sept. I'm feeling pretty lucky after watching this video!
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@@katydidiy😂😂😂👍
Kudos to the narrator for his knowledge, explaining skills and his genius oversight of the medical body anatomy, it’s astounding! Well done!
Thank you for the kind words!
Thanks for getting right to it without 15 minutes of background information!
Could not agree more!!
Absolutely jaw-droppingly fascinated. 20+ year nurse here and medically retired. You got yourself a sub! I'm wondering why those techs didn't remove the jeans in several of those xrays. Those artifacts could easily mask something small in the pelvic area. I've never seen someone who cared so little about the images they handed to the doc.
Thank you! Yes you correct about all of the tech issues and all I can do is agree with you :)
I was wondering the same thing. Where I live no x-ray in a doctor's rooms or private hospital is going to happen unless the patient is in a hospital gown and socks. I don't know if the state hospitals are the same or not because last I heard they were severely under funded, under staffed, under equipped and having many other major issues like no power or water or beds and linens or crumbling buildings. Scary.
Old technician trained in 1958-60. Still like to look at x-rays.
Me too. Trained in ‘67, ‘68.
Me too! Not trained at all!
I was diagnosed with cancer over 12 years ago, was treated and cured with chemo, after 5 years my insurance refused to pay for the normal scans so I now annually have two view chest x-rays taken. The first time the radiologist did this and looked at my x-Ray, she was surprised because she missed the bottom of my lungs on the image so she took another set and she stated you have some of the largest lungs I have ever seen in a man of your height. I told her, not surprising to me as I had been singing all my life with excellent breath control. The good Lord gave me those lungs to sing His Praises! Every year since, when I have my chest x-rays, she asks me if I still sing, and I answer, yes, in His Honor! 👨🏻🦳
Thank you for sharing and I wish you the best in health!
Having broken 10 bones, my Left hand about 9 years ago. I only have trouble with my right ankle, years ago my Doctor sent me to a Podiatrist he x rayed my foot and told me my ankle never healed good. I told him I never knew it was broken. Great show.
Uterine fibroids, that large, multiple. Mercy! I can’t imagine the pain she endures!
Mine was the size of a basketball. It was awful.
@@kslolohoku2665my heart goes out to you. In my early thirties, I was diagnosed with three fibroids the size of 4-month fetus gestation, with a fourth smaller one. Of course my insurance denied surgery and continued to deny surgery for one full year, even with a second opinion. By the time Insurance finally approved, I had to have major surgery
@kalaw1900 thank you for your sympathetic understanding; returned and reflected, as I, as well, am sorry for what you have experienced.
I very much appreciate your message of acknowledgment.
I had a fairly large fibroid myself, was 27cm circumference upon removal. Thankfully insurance isnt needed here
I am an amateur photographer and have done a few double exposures in my day. Cool to see one in x-ray form.
Thank you and good luck with your photography!
1:19 it looks like they fixed his leg with a nail gun!
Very interesting. At 3:56 you correctly identify the metallic densities as birdshot; but when you next show a retained bullet and fragments, you remarked that the appearance contrasted with the previous image of "buckshot". As I'm sure you know, birdshot and buckshot are quite different in size - 0.08 inch versus 0.25 to 0.33 inch. A birdshot wound is most often survivable; a buckshot wound is commonly fatal.
Doc TH
Yes sir you are correct, they are very different and thanks for catching my mess-up. Birdshot, buckshot and bullet fragments are radiographically and clinically very different.
3:25 When I was a new graduate RN - holy cow… 30 years ago? Ugh. One of my first patients was a 19 year old male who was sleeping in the back seat of his friend’s car. They were involved in a terrible MVA and his friends who were in the front seats perished. This was before the natural course was to transfer pt’s to rehab/SNFs (skilled nursing facilities). He was on our floor and I had him as my pt. for 6 weeks. Poor guy - his testicles swelled up like the one in your vid. No kidding - they were round and the size of a small cantaloupe. I remember wondering if he would be able to have children someday. He was very fortunate to have survived (he had other injuries too - I believe a broken pelvis and leg were a part of it). I remember he was in so much pain. All he wanted was ice packs and, when he needed breaks from them, it was almost too much for him to deal with when his pain meds started to wear off. Poor guy.
Poor guy I hope he recovered! Thank you for sharing
20 year nurse here. In my day, for major injuries and medical conditions, (before the opiate 'crisis,' when we actually _treated_ pain without judgment) we gave pain meds consistently to try to prevent peaks and troughs. Did they not they do that in your day? I wonder because you are referring to an issue of that type.
Thanks to a spine fusion in 1971, there is " an unidentifiable metallic artifact" in my lumbar x-rays.. It's a broken figure 8 wire that has no explanation. Many surgeries since and none could say what the surgeon was doing. Fascinating.
6:00 I’m an RN - do you know how hard is to have the explanation of these x-rays without knowing how the pt’s are doing? I need a full report! 😁😉
Ahaha! You must be a very good nurse ;)
I'm in full agreement. Need follow up!
Thanks. I’m in Underwriting for insurance. This information gives a visual to what we see written in medical file copies. Really interesting
Thank you for sharing, german doctor here, haven't dealt with Y-rays for a long time, but got some of them right.
Thank you!
This is the first of your videos I've seen, and it was fascinating! I just subscribed.
Thank you! :)
Really enjoyed that!
Thank you!
Very interesting! Last year I got surgery to remove an enchodroma in my right index finger! It's a pity that nowadays x-rays are on dvd, I'd have liked to frame the before and after images 😅 Btw, I'm still having rigidity problems, but at least I know for sure it wasn't something dangerous.
Can you not request a physical copy? Where I live the doctor gets digital and the patient gets physical copies.
@@celticphoenix2579 I have a copy… on dvd. I miss the old school x-rays on film, tho! ehhh, I'm old, I guess🥲
The first real job I ever had was X-ray technologist. My license expired in 1992 and I still have it. I got a job in automation that doubled my salary. That was a lot of expensive schooling down the drain. I have a lot of good memories from working in a hospital. Mostly from all the RNs I played Dr with.
Ok I have Metal loops for closure of ribcage post open heart surgery -also a stent on the ascending aorta riight side for treatment of an aneryism. also 5 screws approx 20 -35mm right hip for treatment of right hip greenstick fracture. Has anyone else had major surgery? Oh! I forgot about the radioactive seeds in my prostate -I had them inserted as a brachitherapy for treatment of prostate cancer which i am im 99.8 percent in remission -Had that done in 2015.
It's honestly amazing people aren't walking around everywhere with deformities and ailments with all the things that humans can get.
Everyone has something abnormal about them ;)
@@xrayreview-drbIf everyone is abnormal, then wouldn't that be normal? So it's normal to be abnormal. I'm going to go sit down now. My normally abnormal brain is spinning.
I like chainsaws. AND X-Rays!
Just subscribed!
I thought that patients are supposed to remove all jewelry and anything metal (zippers, buttons). A have degenerative disc diease and have had 2 surgeries and a spinal cord implant. Some of my x-rays have either hardware from fusion or it always seemed to correspond with my cycle, and we got the picture of my tampons 😂
Yes the jewelry and clothing artifacts should be removed. Here is a link to a video on artifacts seen on x-ray :)
th-cam.com/video/8kEpW6-4FOY/w-d-xo.html
I hope your back is feeling better!
I think...in the necrotic kidney case ....it had to be a transplant patient.
Yes sir I agree. The old kidneys are typically left in.
@@xrayreview-drbwhy?
So in most cases the old kidney is left in, I believe this is due to a lower probability of rejection of the new kidney transplant.
I have photos of my dad’s x-rays…he fractured his femur below his prosthetic hip!! The post surgical photo is amazing.
Cool. Interesting video and explanations.
Absolutely fascinating! Liked and subscribed. That zipper looked a little sketchy though. 🤭
Thank you very much!! Yes please don't judge on the technical factors as I am not taking these images lol
@@xrayreview-drb No worries. I'm definitely not qualified to judge but that zipper made me laugh. I immediately wondered how useful an abdominal pocket would be but the only logical usee I could think of was for smugglers.
@@ThomasBarone It would also greatly speed up future surgeries in that area.
@@MrTruckerf LLOL, 😳🤭😂🤣 I could use one near my left kidney for my annual kidney stone! 🤦♂️
Those X-rays were my aunt’s hands.She had 3 fingers with knobs on the end. Looks just like laws.
Thanks for sharing, I hope she is doing well
Looking at these makes me glad to be me , and not one of these patients...
I had a total knee replacement on my right knee. Seeing my new knee on the x-ray is wild.
I just found this channel and I'm hooked,
Thank you!!
As a myelomeningocele, I have often wondered what it looks like on film. I am used to seeing film of other body parts, eg today I saw film of my knee, which has collapsed due to ?rupture of ligament(s) and due MRI next week. However, as for pictures of my spine, it remains a mystery, at least to me!
Radiologists are unsung heroes to me and interpreting what is going on or tellibg the story of what has gone on in the past, perhaps without the patient's knowledge or awareness, is fascinating.to me.
Thank you for all that you and your colleagues do to improve life.
Blessings and peace from UK
Thank you sir and Blessings and Peace from the USA!
@@xrayreview-drb Thank you!
Reminds me of my spine problem
I really enjoyed seeing these X-rays. I had a large giant cell tumor in the R distal radius which made an interesting X-ray.
I hope you are doing better now! ☺️
@@xrayreview-drb I’m doing great, this happened many years ago and after going through that experience I became a physical therapist.
@@PTBeverly That is wonderful :)
Fascinating. Subscribed.
Thank you!
As with all things, to learn we need Info + a Guide.
Good job !
I instantly knew what the gunshot wounds were! 😂
Very interesting.
I had uterine fibroids and didn’t know if until after I woke up from my hysterectomy. 5lbs! My uterus was so scarred from endometriosis that I opted for a hysterectomy at the age of 29. They found the fibroids wille they were in there. Just freaking wild!
Wow 5 lbs! Glad you are doing better now :)
Here is a video on uterine fibroids if interested:
th-cam.com/video/4sSbLJ0HhDg/w-d-xo.html
While I was homeless, the family living in the van next to me had a delightful son with..."lobster claw" hands. I introduced him to my silkie rooster, who happened to have four toes on one side and six on the other. He was fascinated and really came out of his shell. It happens, sweetheart. There is no punishment or ridicule. That rehealed fracture looks awful painful. Wow, fascinating. It's amazing what they can repair
Hold up, at 3:26 the male scrotum can get *THAT* big due to swelling? Holy crap you men do NOT have a good time whenever you’ve injured yourself down there! That’s something I’ve just learned today 😮
A couple of people were wearing jeans, I see. Shouldn't patients be told to undress and change into a robe for x-rays?
Great question. YES patients should always be properly gowned before imaging. Clothing artifacts are unprofessional and can obstruct overlying anatomy.
@@michelefritchie6198 I used to work trauma. Sometimes the importance of getting the image quick outweighs removal of the clothing.
1:05 rare dextrocardia 😅. Probably the X-ray is mirrored. Nice collection of interesting x-rays btw.
Thank you! Yes you are probably correct. I do have a couple cases of situs inversus I can include in an upcoming video.
6:34= My neck ex ray is similar just not as extreme, I had 3 level fusion with 2 plates and 6 screws
Is anyone not going to say anything about the earings in his throat??? 2:53
The second one shows the sides of where the ears would be, thank goodness not in his throat
I like anything that has to do with the human body, it’s amazing what modern science can do to keep us together in one piece. 💜🛠️🩻
If you do an MRI of the thoracic spine, can you also see findings in the lungs, liver and other organs? And is this even checked? Best wishes from Germany 😊😊😊
Yes you can see other areas such as the lungs and solid organs however not as well as computed tomography or CT. CT is the gold standard for imaging the chest and abdomen.
@@xrayreview-drb thank you 😀
Half of them, I don’t know what you’re talking about. I don’t know what we’re looking at. I can’t identify the area you’re talking about. I don’t know what it’s supposed to look like.. I don’t know what’s abnormal in the picture. Is it possible to colorize the abnormal part?
Yes I will do that moving forward. Thank you!
I don't understand it but I like it.
Thank you ;)
Cool
That was fascinating
Thank you!
Well, I'm a software engineer but curious, so it was interesting. I'll forward it to the three kids (an EMT, a NP, an OB/Gyn, and a PCP).
(Doesn't anyone want to be an engineer anymore?)
Lol I was raised by an engineer
Thanks. I did.
3:17 you could have not shown that
Why?
Where were these taken why are so many patients x-rayed without removing bras, trousers (zips and buttons) I e packs etc . Loved the post but really bad practice on the radiographers part!
Thank you and yes I agree!
I thought there would be strange things. But hey
Fascinating @
The kidney tumor was a difficult kne.
More than a few zippers and earrings.... were these images from 3rd world countries or have I been spoiled by the quality of my healthcare?
Years ago we were doing treating for shock training.....later talking with an emerg nurse the topic of strange things extracted from people. 3 feet of coiled sausage(butt) champagne bottle in vagina. Broken light bulbs(butt)
Oh no!! Thank you for sharing :)
Aus den USA? Danke, Herr Kollege, für die hervorragenden Aufnahmen und deren Demonstration. Sofort abonniert. Einige Dinge, die die Orthopäden tun, werde ich nie verstehen, selbst wenn sie funktionieren. Die Arthrodese in dem infizierten Kniegelenk- was für eine verzweifelte Situation. Oder die völlig eingesteifte HWS, die Wirbelsäulen… Ich bleibe doch lieber Anästhesist. 😅
Thank you!!
Why are all of these images back to front? Also the collimation is rubbish
Agreed lol. I didn't take any of the images
@@xrayreview-drb American! I have seen a shoulder x-ray which included the iliac crest!
This is a horror film.
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