Third Trimester Pregnancy
The concomitant phenomenon of a third trimester pregnancy with a significant degree of pelvic organ prolapse is extremely rare. We report on a patient with pelvic organ prolapse complicating third trimester pregnancy treated by concomitant cesarean hysterectomy and abdominal sacrocolpopexy. A 30-year-old woman,[…][ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Hashimoto Thyroiditis
Electromicroscopy shows deposits of immunoglobulin (Ig) G and Tg along the basement membranes of follicular cells. Both B and T cells infiltrate the thyroid.[hormones.gr]
Increased expression of Th1-related cytokines such as IFNg, interleukin-2 and CD25 reportedly occurs in intrathyroidal T cells from patients with HT.[hormones.gr]
Infectious Mononucleosis
Infectious mononucleosis should be suspected in patients 10 to 30 years of age who present with sore throat and significant fatigue, palatal petechiae, posterior cervical or auricular adenopathy, marked adenopathy, or inguinal adenopathy. An atypical lymphocytosis of at least 20 percent or atypical lymphocytosis of[…][ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
There are many different types of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Doctors also give NHL a grade, depending on how quickly it is likely to grow. Low grade NHL Find out about low grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), what low grade means, and different types. High grade NHL Find out about high grade lymphomas, what high[…][cancerresearchuk.org]
Portal Cirrhosis
Laennec's cirrhosis, also known as portal cirrhosis, alcoholic cirrhosis, fatty cirrhosis, or atrophic cirrhosis, [1] is named after René Laennec, [2] a French physician and the inventor of the stethoscope. It is a disease of the liver in which the normal lobular architecture is lost, with fibrosis (scarring) and later[…][en.wikipedia.org]
Rheumatoid Arthritis
To review the diagnostic and prognostic value of anti-mutated citrullinated vimentin (MCV) in rheumatoid arthritis, taking into account the already available serology. Medline was searched via PubMed (1966 to May 2008) for anti-MCV and related terms, arthritis and arthropathies. Studies with anti-MCV,[…][ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Celiac Disease
G; IgA, immunoglobulin A; AGA, anti-gliadin antibodies; EMA, endomysial antibodies; tTG, tissue transglutaminase.[doi.org]
Valletta E., Fornaro M., Pecori S., Zanoni G. Selective immunoglobulin A deficiency and celiac disease: Let’s give serology a chance. J. Investig. Allergol. Clin.[ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Recognition of the coeliac iceberg has also contributed to increased detection of cases of coeliac disease (Fig. 1 ). 12 This concept demonstrates the clinical variability[doi.org]
Heroin Dependence
Addict Biol. 2014 Jan;19(1):111-21. doi: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2012.00445.x. Epub 2012 Apr 13. Nelson EC 1 , Lynskey MT , Heath AC , Wray N , Agrawal A , Shand FL , Henders AK , Wallace L , Todorov AA , Schrage AJ , Madden PA , Degenhardt L , Martin NG , Montgomery GW . Author information 1 Department of Psychiatry, Washington[…][ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Cryptogenic Cirrhosis
Abstract Cryptogenic cirrhosis is a clinical entity which has the potential for better diagnosis of actual underlying maladies with future advancements in medicine. Current understanding of CC is rapidly undergoing transformation (Figures 1 & 2). In the light of available evidence of frequent disappearance of fat in[…][ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Macronodular Cirrhosis
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Incomplete septal cirrhosis (ISC) is a form of macronodular cirrhosis characterized by slender, incomplete septa that demarcate inconspicuous nodules. Its clinical features have not been investigated in a large series. The aims of this study were to review the clinical symptoms and evolution of ISC in[…][ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]