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Radiograph of Doom

Radiograph of Doom	type	FeatureClass
Radiograph of Doom	label	Radiograph of Doom
Radiograph of Doom	page	RadiographOfDoom
Radiograph of Doom	comment	In medical dramas, all a doctor has to do is look at an x-ray, CT scan, or MRI to make a Lethal Diagnosis. It doesn't matter who the doctor is, what their specialty is, or if they're treating that particular patient. (In some instances, they might not even be a doctor - nurses and radiology technologists are just as prone to this as physicians.) The moment they hold the sheet of film up to the light box, their facial expression changes. This may involve a condition that is lethal and virtually untreatable like advanced stage cancer, or something that needs urgent attention like an intracranial hemorrhage or an aortic dissection. In more modern works, the personnel involved will be standing in the radiology control room as the images are shot, with the same horrified expression as the images result on the technologist's workstation. Ultrasound is also used for this purpose, typically in an Imperiled in Pregnancy plot, and makes for even more drama since the imaging is always acquired in real time and there isn't really any good way to avoid or delay the bad news. A subtrope of Lethal Diagnosis. Examples
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