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SPR Unknown Case Contest

Welcome to the unknown case contest page!

The current unknown case is at the top; the previous cases are shown below with their answers.

We display the current unknown case for approximately two weeks, and accept answers during that time period. Please submit only one answer per case.

At the end of the year, the individual with the most correct answers will be honored with a prize (trainees will be judged separately from attendings).

If you would like to submit an unknown case for consideration to be displayed in the future, please go to this online form and follow the instructions.

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Unknown Cases 251 - 260

Unknown case #254

Unknown case #253: Brainstem dysgenesis/malformation or atrophic pons (i.e. Disconnection syndrome)

Unknown case #252: Nasal dermoid with intracranial extension

Unknown case #251: Cerebral venous thrombosis with venous infarction

Unknown Cases 241 - 250

Unknown Cases 231 - 240

Unknown Cases 221 - 230

Unknown Case #230: Menkes disease

Unknown Case #229: Splenic tissue (splenule) in a para-esophageal hernia

Unknown Case #228: Jejunal atresia with microcolon

Unknown Case #227: Pallister-Hall syndrome

Unknown Case #226: Popliteal venous aneurysm presenting with pulmonary thromboembolism

 

Unknown Case #225: Delayed ureteral obstruction due to calcified subureteral Deflux mounds

 

Unknown Case #224: Neuroglial Heterotopia

 

Unknown Case #223: C6-C7 distraction injury

Unknown Case #222: Patent ductus venosus with intrahepatic portosystemic shunting

Unknown Case #221: ARPCKD with Caroli's disease (hepatorenal fibrocystic disease)

Unknown Cases 211 - 220

Unknown Case #220: Esophageal leiomyomatosis

 

Unknown Case #219: Scrotal hematoma secondary to an adrenal hemorrhage

Unknown Case #218: Osteogenesis imperfecta (type 3)

Unknown Case #217: Congenital Epulis

Unknown Case #216: Phakomatous choristoma

Unknown Case #215: Omphalomesenteric duct cyst (and omphalocele)

Unknown Case #214: Cystic biliary atresia

Unknown Case #213: Intra-testicular varicocele

Unknown Case #212: Ectopic posterior pituitary

Unknown Case #211: Mayer Rokitansky Kuster Hauser Syndrome (type A)

Unknown Cases 200 - 210

Unknown Case #210: Congenital dislocation of the patella

Unknown Case #209: Ring apophysis fractures

Unknown Case #208: Pericallosal lipoma with agenesis of the corpus callosum

Unknown Case #207: Fourth branchial arch anomaly with thyroid abscess

Unknown Case #206: Osteosarcoma (radiation induced)

Unknown Case #205: Gastric mesenteroaxial volvulus (with gastric outlet obstruction)

Unknown Case #204: Calcifying discopathy

Unknown Case #203: Neuroblastoma (retropharngeal)

Unknown Case #202: Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD)

Unknown Case #201: Right coronary artery fistula to the coronary sinus

Unknown Case #200: Dacryocystocele

Unknown Cases Archives

Unknown Case Resources

SPR's Unknown Case Team

  • Kiery Braithwaite, MD, Assistant Web Editor - Unknown Cases
  • Peter "Buzz" Marcovici, MD, Web Editor
  • Benjamin Taragin, MD, Web Editor (Emeritus)
  • Mary B. Wyers, MD, Web Editor (Emeritus)

2018-2019 Case Winners

Attending Category

  • Paul Clark, DO: Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, Fort Belvoir, VA
  • Stephen Miller, MD: LeBonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, TN (multi-year winner)
  • Joan Zawin, MD: Children's Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham, AL (multi-year winner)

Fellow/Resident Category

  • Asthik Biswas, MD: Monash Health, Australia (multi-year winner)
  • Vishal Patel, MD: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (multi-year winner)