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Adrian Rocher
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Why did you select this case for submission?
I selected this case because we were going to biopsy a lesion but it had disappeared. At that time, Joshua Wallace was our MSK fellow and Fangbai Wu was our MSK attending. When we saw nothing to biopsy, we were stumped. Our MSK team was able to arrange same-day MRI thoracic spine with and without contrast to confirm our suspicion. No evidence of osseous metastasis was found on the MRI and our final diagnosis came to be collateral vertebral body enhancement mimicking metastases in a patient with superior vena cava obstruction - "vanishing bone mets."
What should readers learn from this case?
Sometimes you have to stop, think, and reflect about what is presented to you at the time of interpreting images and assess during a procedure. If what you thought beforehand does not fit with what is right in front of you, revisit the drawing board and rethink your differential. Working on this skillset is what makes us better radiologists. If our team did not stop and shift our thinking, this patient would have gotten an unnecessary bone biopsy. "First, do no harm" - Hippocrates.
What did you learn from working on the case?
Collaboration is key. Putting our minds together, searching the literature, and having an open discussion about the case with several different attendings ultimately led us down the right path to the correct diagnosis.
How did guidance from senior staff at your institution impact your learning and case development?
Senior staff served as role models, helped think through the differential, and provided guidance on how to arrive at the final diagnosis.
Why did you choose Case in Point for submission of your case?
Case in Point has been a gold mine of fantastic cases from all over the country. I just thought that many in the ACR community would appreciate this case from the resident to the attending level - I like learning from the new daily cases that arrive in my inbox.
Are you a regular reader of Case in Point? What are your favorite types of cases?
Yes. My favorite type of cases are the ones that make you think of a certain diagnosis but as you are doing the questions you are learning something new along the way.
Our client is keenly aware of the security sensibilities of this case and needs to maintain discretion. They are also keen to avoid bad press and insist that the approach to this problem be low-risk, high-impact. England is scheduled to host the upcoming G-20 summit taking place in August and our client wants to show major progress by then. How would you go about advising the client and delivering on their 3-pronged criteria for success in this case?
The structures outlined might be useful to read through and get some ideas of ways to approach different cases, but by no means should you memorise any of the structures Cosentino suggests and try use them in cases.
Victor Cheng is a much better resource, and I would strongly recommend it over Case in Point. It will give you the core skills you need to solve cases. However, it is not enough to just use his resources, and it is also a little outdated nowadays. The only way to develop solid case interviews skills is lots of practice with serious partners (either expert coaches on preplounge or people that have received top tier offers).
Hi A,
Dear A,
Case-in Point by Cosentino is one of my top-3 books which I recommend my mentees to start preparation with. Along with "Case Book" from London Business School and McKinsey "What Happens Behind the Stage". If you want, feel free to approach me, I will give you access to all of them.
In general, reading books is just a beginning of your training, although it's good to build profound bases. Then you still need to practice the cases in the real life situations.
Hope it helps.
Good Luck!
Best,
André
Andre, I would also appreciate if you share me resources. I am applying to many consulting firms in my country and Im eager to read and prepare a lot in case interviews. My e-mail is f*******@f**.uchile.cl. Thanks in advance!
I agree with the earlier comments here about Case in Point Book being a bit outdated. I think there is a problem of relying solely on a book or a set of finite frameworks. It constraints the minds and the approach is not just as effective (at least for me). It has bee a while before I get back into cases then I picked up the Case in Point book that I had from my college roommate like 5 years ago. It was frustrating to remember the frameworks. I quickly ditched the approach. I think this book acts as a great start to refresh my memory on the generic business terms, but the moment we get into the problem solving and doing cases, i would put it aside.
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Use case points (UCP or UCPs) is a software estimation technique used to forecast the software size for software development projects. UCP is used when the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and Rational Unified Process (RUP) methodologies are being used for the software design and development. The concept of UCP is based on the requirements for the system being written using use cases, which is part of the UML set of modeling techniques. The software size (UCP) is calculated based on elements of the system use cases with factoring to account for technical and environmental considerations. The UCP for a project can then be used to calculate the estimated effort for a project.
The UCP technique was developed by Gustav Karner in 1993 while employed at what was known at the time as Objectory Systems, which later merged into Rational Software and then IBM. The UCP method was created to solve for estimating the software size of systems that were object oriented. It is based on similar principles as the Function Point (FP) estimation method, but was designed for the specific needs of object oriented systems and system requirements based on use cases.[1][2][3]
The UUCW is one of the factors that contribute to the size of the software being developed. It is calculated based on the number and complexity of the use cases for the system. To find the UUCW for a system, each of the use cases must be identified and classified as Simple, Average or Complex based on the number of transactions the use case contains. Each classification has a predefined weight assigned. Once all use cases have been classified as simple, average or complex, the total weight (UUCW) is determined by summing the corresponding weights for each use case. The following chart shows the different classifications of use cases based on the number of transactions and the weight value assigned for each use case within the classification.
To calculate the UUCW, the use cases must be defined and the number of transactions for each use case identified. The Online Shopping System use case diagram is depicting that nine use cases exist for the system. Assuming 2 of these use cases are simple, 3 are average and 4 are complex, the calculation for UUCW is as follows:
To calculate the UAW, the actors must be identified. The Online Shopping System use case diagram is depicting five actors; One simple for the Payment Processing System and four complex for each of the human users actors (i.e. Online Customer, Marketing Administrator, Warehouse Clerk, Warehouse Manager.) The calculation for UAW is as follows:
One major weakness of the Use Case Points method is that it has never been thoroughly calibrated using regression analysis due to a lack of a statistically sufficient number of projects. Moreover, the linear model of Karners approach does not take the diseconomies of scale into account that occur in software development projects.[4] Still, the easily applicable sizing approach and counting rules provide many benefits for estimations in early phases and thus allow to quickly yield the FSM (functional size measurement, in this case UUCW + UAW) of an application or IT product. This FSM can then be combined with statistically validated estimation models like COCOMO II to gain more reliable estimation results.[4]
A sample user goal use case is shown in Figure 1. This use case is from a job posting and search site. It describes the situation in which a third-party recruiter has already posted a job opening on the site and now needs to submit payment for placing that ad.
Counting the number of transactions in a use case with extensions requires a small amount of caution. That is, you cannot simply count the number of lines in the extension part of the template and add those to the lines in the main success scenario.
Repeat this process for each use case in the project. The sum of the weights for each use case is known as the Unadjusted Use Case Weight, or UUCW. Table 2 shows how to calculate UUCW for a project with 40 simple use cases, 21 average, and 10 complex.
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