Items tagged “general surgery”
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Gallbladder carcinoma
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29 Dec 2014
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Thyroid lymphoma
Thyroid lymphoma is rare, accounting for a minority of both thyroid malignancies and lymphoma in general.
The thyroid may be affected primarily or secondary to lymphoma elsewhere. This article is concerned with primary thyroid lymphoma.
Epidemiology
Thyroid lymphoma accounts for <5% of thyr...
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Metastases to the thyroid
Metastases to the thyroid are an uncommon cause of thyroid malignancy.
Epidemiology
Metastases to the thyroid represent 1.4-3% of all malignancies 5. In autopsy series, the incidence is ~10% (range 2-24%) 1,5.
Pathology
The most common sites of primary malignancy include (note these will v...
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Multiorgan trauma with CT features of hypotension
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17 Jan 2015
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Traumatic small bowel perforation
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17 Jan 2015
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Traumatic rectosigmoid injury with active bleeding
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17 Jan 2015
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Rigler sign and pneumatosis intestinalis
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17 Jan 2015
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Omental infarction
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18 Jan 2015
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Afferent loop syndrome
Afferent loop syndrome is an intermittent partial or complete mechanical obstruction of the afferent limb of a gastrojejunostomy.
The syndrome classically refers to obstruction of the upstream limb of a side-to-side gastrojejunostomy but has also been used to refer to the biliopancreatic limb o...
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Blind loop syndrome
Blind loop syndrome (or "blind pouch syndrome") is an event that may occur after an end-to-end or end-to-side bowel anastomosis. Dilatation and stasis of the bypassed bowel may lead to bacterial overgrowth, breakdown of bile salts, and result in nutritional problems. It may even eventually lead ...
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Choledochojejunostomy
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03 Feb 2015
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Giant hepatic hemangioma
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06 Feb 2015
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Appendiceal mucocele
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03 Apr 2015
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Traumatic bowel injury
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02 Apr 2015
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Perforated gastric ulcer
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04 Apr 2015
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Seatbelt sign (abdomen)
The seatbelt sign is both a clinical and radiological sign. It is simply the presence of ecchymosis and/or abraded skin in the distribution of a seatbelt (i.e. horizontal and/or diagonal) extending across the abdomen evident after a motor vehicle accident.
Epidemiology
A positive abdominal sea...
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Slipped gastric band
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05 Apr 2015
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Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a diagnostic and interventional procedure technique using both endoscopy and fluoroscopy for examination and intervention of the biliary tree and pancreatic ducts. It is typically performed by doctors with endoscopic qualifications (e.g. g...
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Pediatric small bowel obstruction from incarcerated inguinal hernia
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07 May 2015
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Acute appendicitis
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03 May 2015
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