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Osteolytic skull metastasis of lung cancer
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05 May 2013
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Anderson and Montesano classification of occipital condyle fractures
The Anderson and Montesano classification is a widely used system for describing occipital condyle fractures. It divides injuries into three types based on morphology and mechanism of injury 1-5.
Classification
type I: impacted type occipital condyle fracture
morphology: comminution of the co...
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Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma
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10 Nov 2014
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Orthopantomography
The orthopantomogram (also known as an orthopantomograph, pantomogram, OPG or OPT) is a panoramic single image radiograph of the mandible, maxilla and teeth. It is often encountered in dental practice and occasionally in the emergency department; providing a convenient, inexpensive and rapid way...
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Chordoma - clivus
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18 Jan 2022
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Intracranial foreign body (sewing needle)
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08 Aug 2019
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Tinnitus causes (mnemonic)
A mnemonic to remember the commonest causes of tinnitus is:
HAMMER
Mnemonic
H: hypertension
A: anemia / acoustic neuroma
M: migraine / Menière's disease
M: medication (quinine, NSAIDs, streptomycin)
E: ear pathology (wax, foreign body, otitis media)
R: rare (temporomandibular joint ...
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Adenoid hypertrophy
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01 Dec 2021
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Scalp hematoma types (diagram)
Published
30 Apr 2018
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Diagram
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Steeple sign - croup
Published
05 May 2013
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Cystic hygroma
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22 Jan 2022
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Tongue stud
Published
01 Jan 2009
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Parathyroid hyperplasia
Parathyroid hyperplasia is the diffuse enlargement of the parathyroid glands and is a less common cause of primary hyperparathyroidism.
Epidemiology
There is a female predilection (M:F = 1:3).
Clinical presentation
Most commonly an incidental finding of hypercalcemia in asymptomatic patien...
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Laryngeal muscles (Gray's illustrations)
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20 Feb 2024
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Malignant thymoma
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03 Mar 2022
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Vagal paraganglioma
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05 Sep 2021
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External auditory canal atresia
External auditory canal atresia, also known as congenital aural atresia, is characterized by complete or incomplete bony atresia of the external auditory canal (EAC), often in association with a dysplastic auricle and an abnormal middle ear cavity or ossicles.
Epidemiology
The incidence is 1 i...
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External ear
The external ear (or outer ear) comprises the auricle (or pinna), the external auditory meatus, and the tympanic membrane ("eardrum"). The auricle concentrates and amplifies sound waves and funnels them through the outer acoustic pore into the external auditory meatus to the tympanic membrane.
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Hypermetropia
Hypermetropia, also known as long-sightedness or hyperopia, is a refractive disorder. Though it can happen in any age group, it usually starts from mid-late adulthood.
Clinical presentation
In this condition, distant objects are seen better than close objects.
Pathology
The blurriness of nea...
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Facial nerve
The facial nerve is the seventh (CN VII) cranial nerve and comprises two roots, a motor root and a smaller mixed sensory, taste and parasympathetic root, known as nervus intermedius, which join together within the temporal bone (TA: nervus facialis or nervus cranialis VII).
The facial nerve has...
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