Items tagged “drug”
5 results
Case
Body packer
Published
04 Sep 2011
98% complete
CT
Article
Marijuana lung
Marijuana (cannabis or bong) lung refers to the presence of large apical bullae in patients who regularly smoke marijuana. A definite causative link between smoking marijuana and bullous lung disease has not been established, and the association may just be coincidental.
Pathology
Smoking mar...
Article
Non-medical drug use (radiological manifestations)
Radiological manifestations of non-medical drug use are commonly seen as the non-medical use of drugs is widespread.
Epidemiology
Interestingly, 2013 reports have suggested a decreasing incidence of reported drug use in the general population over the past decade, but it remains that ~36% of t...
Case
Acetaminophen
Published
28 Jul 2021
32% complete
Diagram
Article
Temozolomide
Temozolomide is an oral chemotherapeutic drug primarily used in the treatment of astrocytomas, oligodendrogliomas and glioblastomas, often in conjunction with radiotherapy (Stupp protocol).
Mechanism of action
Temozolomide is an alkylating agent. It adds a methyl group to the purine bases of D...