WASOG Patient Cases
Powerpoint template for authors
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AVAILABLE CATEGORIES 1
Relevant information is structured by category. Please do not change the
categories. The most important ones are:
Case Overview: Summarise all important key aspects of the case
Medical history and tests: Provide the patient details (age, gender, etc) and
symptoms including relevant background information of the patient – this helps to
classify the cases for the prospective audience
Imaging: Images play a pivotal role in diagnosis. Images taken with any imaging
technique (X-ray, CT, HRCT, MRI, ultrasound) can be inserted here.
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AVAILABLE CATEGORIES 2
Lung function: Show all case-relevant parameters measured during lung function
tests at a glance (e.g. FVC, FEV, DLCO).
Laboratory: Provide laboratory test results (including immunological, haematological
and metabolic assessment, antibodies)
Biopsy/Pathology: Show which procedure was used and any pathologic findings or
results
Diagnosis: Provide an explanation of the final diagnosis based on the test results
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AVAILABLE CATEGORIES 3
Expert opinion: Add your professional opinion of the case, based on the results and
procedure used. You can also provide additional background information and further
literature on the patient case.
Learnings from the case: Highlight the most important outcomes of the case – this is
of high educational value for the audience
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
To improve the learning outcome for a specific case, you are invited to
create 2-3 case-relevant multiple-choice questions.
A short explanation for the solution should be included.
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CATEGORY OVERVIEW
The following categories are available
• Case overview
• Pathology
• Medical history and tests
• Diagnosis
• Sounds
• Expert opinion
• Imaging
• Learnings from the case
• Lung function
• Outpatient clinic
• Laboratory
• Operating theatre
• Bronchoscopy
• Hospice
• Biopsy
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YOUR PATIENT CASE
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PATIENT CASE DETAILS
Title of the case
[please fill in]
Author/s
[please fill in]
Date of submission
[please fill in]
Language of the case
[please fill in]
Focus
[Diagnostic or Treatment?]
Age and Sex of Patient
[please fill in]
Lung disease type
[please fill in, eg IPF, Sarcoidosis…]
Radiologic pattern
[please fill in if applicable, eg UIP,
NSIP, COP…]
Radiologic features
[please fill in if applicable, eg
honeycombing, emphysema…]
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CASE OVERVIEW
Short description
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MEDICAL HISTORY AND TESTS
(Date)
Initial visit
•
Age and sex?
•
Smoker?
•
Occupational hazards?
•
Environmental hazards?
Clinical data
Symptoms?
Excluded disease?
Physical examination
Auscultation?
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SOUNDS
(Date)
What did you hear?
What does this mean?
Do you have a recording which you can include?
→ conclusion
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IMAGING (CHEST X-RAY)
(Date)
What did you see?
What does this mean?
If available, please include image!
→ conclusion
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IMAGING (HRCT)
(Date)
Short summary of the HRCT findings
• Patterns detected?
• Patterns not detected?
→ conclusion
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IMAGING (HRCT; IMAGES)
(Date)
Insert HRCT images here
Lesions?
Please use high quality images, mark the lesions
(circles, arrows) and describe and explain what can be
seen
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LUNG FUNCTION
(Date)
Please include lung function measurement values, for example…
• Forced expiration measurements
• Lung volume measurements
• Pulmonary diffusion measurements
• Cardio pulmonary exercise testing (CPET)
• Walking tests (eg 6 minute walk test)
-> Please state the main observations/conclusions
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LABORATORY
Laboratory results (Date)
For example
LDH
Results
Conclusion?
Immunology
ACE
Serum precipitins
Haematology
Biochemistry
Metabolic assessement
Autoantibodies
Precipitating antibodies
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BRONCHOSCOPY
(Date)
• Macroscopic assessment?
• Bronchial aspirate?
• BAL differential cell count:
BAL differential cell count
Alveolar macrophages
Neutrophils
Lymphocytes
Eosinophils
→ Please highlight and explain important results
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BIOPSY
(Date)
• Type of biopsy
• Which lungs and what sections?
• Why was it decided to do a biopsy?
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PATHOLOGY
Summary of pathologic findings (Date)
• Patterns detected?
• Patterns not detected?
→ conclusion
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PATHOLOGY (IMAGES)
(Date)
Insert image here
Lesions?
Please mark and explain all characteristics which can be
seen (eg Fibroblastic foci, Honeycombing, Temporal
heterogeneity, Sub-pleural predominance)
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EXPERT OPINION
Please give your personal opinion on any topic (eg, HRCT
interpretation, eligible treatment options in the specific situation or
reasoning behind a given therapy.)
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DIAGNOSIS
(Date)
Histologically ……
Radiologically …..
Differential diagnosis?
This leads to the conclusion that this patient ….
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WARD
(Date)
If possible, please elaborate
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PULMONARY REHABILITATION
(Date)
If possible, please elaborate
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OUTPATIENT CLINIC
(Date)
If possible, please elaborate
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OPERATING THEATRE
(Date)
If possible, please elaborate
• Why?
• Condition of the patient?
• Consequences?
• Include CT or Xray scan if available
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HOSPICE
(Date)
If possible, please elaborate
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QUESTION 1
• Question:
• Answer 1:
• Answer 2:
• Answer 3:
• Answer 4:
• Correct answer:
ANSWER 1
Author’s solution:
Please explain the answer, provide literature if feasible.
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LEARNINGS FROM THE CASE
Please fill in the most important take home messages for audience
for this case (if you see this, this means/do that….)
The most important take home messages of the case are:
1)
2)
3)
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THANK YOU!
Please mail your case report to wasog@gosker.nl.
After peer review it will be published on this website.
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