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  #341

So, On Vulva
Vulvar Dystrophy:
Bluish white papula, thin parachment like - epithelial thining - Lichen Sclerosis
Whitish, firm and Cartalaginious on palpation - thick keratin - Squamous Hyperplasia
White , pigmented, multifocal , cellular atypia - Squamous Dysplasia
Dark or Black Lesion -----Melanoma
Red Lesion commonly in postmeopausal white women --- Paget's diesease

  #342

And,
Pagets disease of the vulva has association with Cancer of Breast ,GI and Genitourinary system

  #343

Hello everybody

Please write your clinical pearl in here, it really helps to go thru this stuff at the end

Thanks

  #344

Osteogenesis Imperfecta- Mutation in type 1 Collagen - blue sclera, recurrent #, hearing loss( skin, sclera, bone, tendon , ligament)

Marfan - Mutation of Fibrillin (auto.dom.) - ectopic lentis, aortic root dilatation , etc.

  #345

Infantile Botulinism - Honey - Supportive treatment only

  #346

Chronic Pyelonephritis on IVP- Blunting of the calyces and focal parenchymal scarring

  #347

Patients with Carcinoid syndrome are at risk of developing Niacin Deficiency ( DDD)- due to increased formation of serotonin from tryptophan

  #348

Elderly patient - painless Jaundice - allways think of Pancreatic Ca (head of pancreas) - CT scan

  #349

allways look for Hypercalcemia as a cause for constipation, renal and neuro symptoms etc. in patients with Multiple Myeloma, Metastatic Breast , lung,renal ,throid Ca

  #350

Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma - EBV - usually presents as painless neck mass

  #351

Presbycusis- Geriatric problem, high frequency hearing loss

  #352

Cervical cancer: pregnancy
INVASIVE CANCER: LESS THAN 24 WEEKS RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY/RADIOTHERAPY.
AFTER 24 WEEKS WAIT UPTO32-33WKS C/S THEN DEFINITIVE TREATMENT.

  #353

2 SYNDROMES ASSOCIATED
LOFGREN"S SYNDROME-LEGS & LUNGS - ERYTHEMA NODOSUM,ARTHRITIS, HILAR ADENOPATHY.
HEERFORDTS SYNDROME - FEVER,PAROTITIS,UVEITIS,FACIAL NERVE INVOLVEMENT.

  #354

EXCELLENT THREADcool

  #355

Cheers Sunny2
Real good points

  #356

Orthostatic hypotension occurs in phaechromocytoma despite the hypertension

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  #357

treatment of incidental adrenal tumor found on CT SCAN ( VMA negative) = DO NOTHING

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  #358

myasthenia gravis is generally considered to be nonhereditary

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  #359

hey guys

i'm completely new here,and have a question

is it neccessary to memorize staging for cancers,it's really difficult and i 've always escaped it




  #360

not really

but better to get familiar where mets go and most common met side for particular organ ca,and wtas treatment strategy ,chemo ,resection or radio

in short u need to memorize ,no escapegrin,but try to memorize in scenario of treatment strategy not staraight 1 2 or stage,it will make it easier and useful




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