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Endocrinology: Acromegaly
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Sunday, March 21, 2010. Acromegaly is a syndrome of excessive secretion of growth hormone. In children. This is called gigantism. Acromegaly is an insidious, chronic debilitating disease associated with. Bony and soft tissue overgrowth. Acromegaly is caused by pituitary adenomas, usually a macroadenoma in 75% of the. Cases that produce growth hormone (GH). Rarely ectopic tumors can produce GH or growth. Hormone releasing hormone (GHRH) and cause this syndrome. Positive if GH remains high ( 5 ng/mL) and s...
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Endocrinology: DISEASES OF THE PITUITARY GLAND
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Sunday, March 21, 2010. DISEASES OF THE PITUITARY GLAND. DISEASES OF THE PITUITARY GLAND. The pituitary is surrounded by the sphenoid bone and covered by the sellar diaphragm, an extension from the dura mater. It lies in the sella turcica near the hypothalamus and optic chiasm. DISEASES OF THE ANTERIOR PITUITARY. Syndromes causing excess production of hormones usually arise from only a single cell type. Microadenomas are defined as those. Growth hormone 15—20%. Excess prolactin secretion is a common clin...
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Surgery At a Glance: Diarrhoea
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Surgery At a Glance. A guide to the most important surgical issues you may face. Friday, April 8, 2011. 8226; Bloody diarrhoea is always pathological and usually indicates colitis of one form or another. 8226; Infective causes are common in acute transient diarrhoea. 8226; In diarrhoea of uncertain origin, remember the endocrine causes. 8226; Consider parasitic infections in a history of foreign travel. 8226; Alternating morning diarrhoea and normal/pellety stools later in the day is rarely pathological.
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Surgery At a Glance: April 2011
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Surgery At a Glance. A guide to the most important surgical issues you may face. Friday, April 8, 2011. 8226; Bloody diarrhoea is always pathological and usually indicates colitis of one form or another. 8226; Infective causes are common in acute transient diarrhoea. 8226; In diarrhoea of uncertain origin, remember the endocrine causes. 8226; Consider parasitic infections in a history of foreign travel. 8226; Alternating morning diarrhoea and normal/pellety stools later in the day is rarely pathological.
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Endocrinology: March 2010
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Sunday, March 21, 2010. Acromegaly is a syndrome of excessive secretion of growth hormone. In children. This is called gigantism. Acromegaly is an insidious, chronic debilitating disease associated with. Bony and soft tissue overgrowth. Acromegaly is caused by pituitary adenomas, usually a macroadenoma in 75% of the. Cases that produce growth hormone (GH). Rarely ectopic tumors can produce GH or growth. Hormone releasing hormone (GHRH) and cause this syndrome. Positive if GH remains high ( 5 ng/mL) and s...
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Surgery At a Glance: March 2010
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Surgery At a Glance. A guide to the most important surgical issues you may face. Wednesday, March 31, 2010. Fluid (which may be physiological or pathological) emanating from the nipple. 8226; Milky discharge is rarely pathological. 8226; Purulent discharge is usually benign. 8226; Bloody discharge is often associated with neoplasia. 8226; If a lump is present, always investigate ‘for the lump’ rather than ‘for. 8226; Lactorrhoea in the newborn (‘witches’ milk’). 8226; Duct papilloma: single duct,? 8226; ...
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Surgery At a Glance: 16 Rectal bleeding
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Surgery At a Glance. A guide to the most important surgical issues you may face. Friday, April 8, 2011. 8226; Anorectal bleeding is characteristically bright red, associated with defaecation, not mixed with the stool and visible on toilet paperboften associated with other symptoms of anorectal disease. 8226; Distal (left-sided/sigmoid) bleeding is characteristically dark red, with clots, may be mixed with the stool. 8226; In the elderly, neoplasia, diverticular disease and angiodysplasia are common causes.
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Surgery At a Glance: March 2011
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Surgery At a Glance. A guide to the most important surgical issues you may face. Thursday, March 31, 2011. 14 Abdominal swellings (localized): lower abdominal. 8226; Retroperitoneal mass: no movement with respiration, difficult to. Delineate, resonant to percussion. 8226; Bowel masses: often mobile, may be well defined. 8226; Pelvic mass: difficult to ‘get below’, bimanually palpable on PR/PV. 8226; Diverticular mass: tender, ill defined, rubbery hard, non-mobile. With cutaneous sinuses,? 8226; Retention...