Items tagged “emergencymedicine”

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Multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a relatively common acquired chronic demyelinating disease involving the central nervous system, and is the second most common cause of neurological impairment in young adults, after trauma 19. Characteristically, and by definition, multiple sclerosis is disseminated i...
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Petrous apicitis

Petrous apicitis, also known as apical petrositis, is infection with involvement of bone at the very apex (petrous apex) of the petrous temporal bone. Epidemiology Petrous apicitis is less common than it once was, on account of the widespread and early use of antibiotics for acute otomastoidit...
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Portal venous gas

Portal venous gas is the accumulation of gas in the portal vein and its branches. It needs to be distinguished from pneumobilia, although this is usually not too problematic when associated findings are taken into account along with the pattern of gas (i.e. peripheral in portal venous gas, centr...
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Slipped upper femoral epiphysis

Slipped upper femoral epiphysis (SUFE), also known as a slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE), (plural: epiphyses) is a relatively common condition affecting the physis of the proximal femur in adolescents. It is one of the commonest hip abnormalities in adolescence and is bilateral in 20-40%...
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Solitary bone cyst of the mandible

Solitary bone cysts of the mandible (also known as traumatic bone cyst of the jaw, hemorrhagic cyst of the mandible, extravasation cyst, progressive bone cavity or unicameral bone cyst) are an uncommon nonepithelial lined lucent mandibular lesion. It is one of a myriad of potential mandibular le...
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Tendon pathology

A number of processes can cause tendon pathology and there is a discrepancy in terminology reflecting the unclear pathophysiology.  Terminology tendinopathy: general umbrella term for pain and swelling of a tendon 2,3 tendinitis previously popular term largely replaced by tendinopathy 3 now...
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Gunshot wound to humerus

  Diagnosis certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 20 May 2008
75% complete
X-ray
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Fracture dislocation of middle finger

  Diagnosis certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 26 May 2008
91% complete
X-ray
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Frontal scalp laceration

  Diagnosis certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 21 Jun 2008
65% complete
MRI
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Caroticocavernous fistula (direct)

  Diagnosis certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 10 Jul 2008
69% complete
DSA (angiography)
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Pneumothorax

Pneumothorax, commonly abbreviated to PTX, (plural: pneumothoraces) refers to the presence of gas (often air) in the pleural space. When this collection of gas constantly enlarges with resulting compression of mediastinal structures, it can be life-threatening and is known as a tension pneumotho...
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Complete disc and ligamentous disruption

  Diagnosis certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 19 Sep 2008
59% complete
CT
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Pott puffy tumor

Pott puffy tumor refers to a non-neoplastic complication of acute sinusitis. It is characterized by a primarily subgaleal collection, subperiosteal abscess, and osteomyelitis. It is usually related to the frontal sinus but is sometimes secondary to mastoid pathology. Rarer etiologies include tr...
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Ruptured globe

  Diagnosis certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 06 Jan 2009
68% complete
CT
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Spinal stenosis and cord compression

  Diagnosis certain
G Balachandran
Published 28 Feb 2009
77% complete
MRI
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Stabbing of the skull with hemorrhage

  Diagnosis certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 01 Mar 2009
72% complete
CT
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Splenomegaly

Splenomegaly refers to enlargement of the spleen. The upper limit of the normal adult splenic length is traditionally cited at 12 cm, but lengths upwards of 14 cm can be seen in normal, taller males 7. Terminology Massive splenomegaly is variably defined, including when the spleen is 5 standar...
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Extradural hematoma

  Diagnosis certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 19 Apr 2009
83% complete
CT
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Gunshot wound to head

  Diagnosis certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 24 Apr 2009
69% complete
X-ray
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Intracerebral hemorrhage

An intracerebral hemorrhage, or intraparenchymal cerebral hemorrhage, is a subset of an intracranial hemorrhage as well as of stroke, defined by the acute accumulation of blood within the brain parenchyma. This article concerns non-traumatic intracerebral hemorrhages; traumatic hemorrhagic cere...