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Obesity cardiomyopathy
Obesity cardiomyopathy has often been defined as cardiomegaly with heart failure in individuals with obesity without other aetiologies of heart disease. It is thought to typically occur in patients with severe and long-standing obesity. It can be associated with sudden cardiac death. According t...
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Pericardial involvement in end stage renal disease
Pericardial involvement in end stage renal disease is not uncommon in those with end stage renal disease and can occur as acute or chronic forms.
Acute forms are considered more commoner and can comprise of
uraemic pericarditis
other dialysis associated pericarditis
Chronic forms are less co...
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Uraemic pericarditis
Uraemic pericarditis is form of pericarditis that may occur in patients with a high blood urea nitrogen level.
Epidemiology
Uraemic pericarditis was more common in the pre-dialysis era but now is occasionally encountered when there is an inadequate removal of uraemic toxins.
Radiographic feat...
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Klüver-Bucy syndrome
Klüver-Bucy syndrome is a neurobehavioral disorder seen in patients with bilateral temporal lobe lesions, particularly the inferior temporal cortex and amygdala 1. The syndrome can be complete or incomplete, with incomplete Klüver-Bucy syndrome being the more common form of presentation as the a...
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Oncotype DX Breast Recurrence Score
Oncotype DX Breast Recurrence Score (Exact Sciences, USA) is a proprietary 21-gene expression assay that is prospectively validated and provides prognostic information on the 10-year risk of disease recurrence in oestrogen receptor positive, lymph node-negative breast cancer patients 1. This gen...
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Bernheim phenomenon
Bernheim phenomenon, also known as the Bernheim syndrome or the Bernheim effect, is the development of right heart failure before left heart failure and has been described in patients with a hypertrophied ventricular septum bulging into the right ventricle, restricting right ventricular diastoli...
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Anton-Babinski syndrome
Anton-Babinski syndrome, also known as Anton syndrome, is a type of cortical blindness occurring as a result of bilateral occipital lobe lesion. The syndrome consists of blindness, visual anosognosia and confabulation 1-5.
Epidemiology
The syndrome is rare with 28 documented cases between 196...
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Right bundle branch block
Right bundle branch block is a finding on electrocardiogram due to an interruption or alteration in the His-Purkinje system and is characterised by widened QRS complexes and changes in R and S wave vectors 1,2. It can be complete or incomplete, with incomplete being the more common form of prese...
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Mononeuritis multiplex
Mononeuritis multiplex, also known as mononeuropathy multiplex, is a disorder involving two or more asymmetric peripheral nerves and is usually seen as a complication of an underlying condition 1-7. It has an acute or subacute onset and can progress to involve more nerves and develop into a poly...
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Sagliker syndrome
Sagliker syndrome is an uncommon bone condition, possibly a severe phenotype of renal osteodystrophy, marked by secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients suffering from chronic kidney disease associated with skull and facial deformities 1-4.
Epidemiology
Sagliker syndrome is a rare condition m...
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Uterine prolapse
Uterine prolapse is a form of pelvic organ prolapse and can fall under a broader umbrella term of pelvic floor dysfunction. It may occur in isolation or in combination with other organs (i.e rectal prolapse +/- urinary bladder prolapse).
Epidemiology
Typically occurs in multiparous older femal...
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Interlobar pneumothorax
Interlobar pneumothoraces are a rare pneumothorax subtype where air is restricted to the interlobar pleural space.
Pathology
Interlobar pneumothoraces are mostly due to the previous fibrous pleural adhesions from pleurodesis, pleural diseases, or rib fractures. Pleural adhesions prevent air fr...
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Renal halo sign
The renal halo sign has been described in both acute pancreatitis 1,2 and in renal tumours post radiofrequency ablation 3.
Radiographic features
Plain radiograph
On abdominal x-rays, the lateral margin of the kidney becomes visible due to differential x-ray absorption of perirenal fat and pa...
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Manubriosternal dislocation
Manubriosternal dislocation (or sternomanubrial dislocation) represents a range of dislocation injuries of the sternomanubrial joint.
Terminology
Joint dislocations are named according to the distal component in relation to the proximal bone. Thus, as the manubrium is superior to the sternum a...
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Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours of the musculoskeletal system
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours (IMTs) of the musculoskeletal system are extremely rare benign neoplasms, and just a few cases have been described that arise from the muscles 1.
Please refer to the article on inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours for a broad discussion.
Clinical Presentat...
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Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours of the mesentery
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours (IMTs) of the mesentery are rare benign neoplasms and a location-specific type of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours. Mesentery is one of the most common locations for extrapulmonary IMTs 1.
Epidemiology
IMTs of mesentery are rare spindle cell neoplasms a...
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Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours of the liver
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours (IMTs) of the liver are extremely rare and account for just 0.7% of all hepatic lesions 1.
Refer to the article on inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours for a broad discussion.
Epidemiology
IMTs of the liver are usually frequent in young adults and Asian ...
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Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours of the gastrointestinal tract
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours (IMTs) of the gastrointestinal tract are rare benign neoplasms and can originate anywhere; however, the stomach and small bowel are the most common locations 1.
Please see the inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours for a broad discussion.
Aetiology
Chronic...
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Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours of the urogenital system
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours (IMTs) of the urogenital system are rare benign lesions, and just a few cases are reported with spermatic cord, scrotal and penile origins 1.
Please refer to the article on inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours for a broad discussion.
Clinical presentation...
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Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours of the head and neck
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours (IMTs) of the head and neck are frequent benign lesions and have been reported in various sites such as orbit, maxillary sinus, nasal cavity, buccal space, parotid gland, nasopharynx and larynx. However, the orbit is the most common location for IMTs in the h...
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