Items tagged “iatrogenic”
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Ureteral injury due to oncologic pelvic surgery

Diagnosis certain
Published 31 Jul 2014
95% complete
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Iatrogenic arteriovenous fistula

Diagnosis certain
Published 02 Nov 2014
88% complete
Ultrasound
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Iodinated contrast-induced thyrotoxicosis
Iodinated contrast-induced thyrotoxicosis is rare and may occur in patients with pre-existing thyroid disease and through complications of thyrotoxicosis (e.g. cardiac arrhythmia) may be fatal. Patients with a normal thyroid gland are unaffected.
Patients with existing thyrotoxicosis should no...
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Buried bumper syndrome
Buried bumper syndrome is a rare but important complication in patients with a percutaneous gastrostomy (PEG) tube, occurring by migration of the internal bumper along its track. The tube may get lodged anywhere between the gastric wall and the skin and lead to life-threatening complications tha...
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Bladder leak post radical prostatectomy

Diagnosis certain
Published 26 Feb 2015
88% complete
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Pelvic gossypiboma

Diagnosis certain
Published 08 Mar 2015
80% complete
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Radiation-induced glioma
Radiation-induced gliomas are a rare complication of cranial irradiation, occurring in less than 3% of cases 15 years post-treatment. Glioblastomas correspond to three-quarters of all radiation-induced gliomas.
The risk of developing a secondary CNS cancer following radiation exposure has been...
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Cecal volvulus with iatrogenic complication

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 28 May 2015
65% complete
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Intestinal angioedema
Intestinal angioedema is edema into the submucosal space of the bowel wall following protein extravasation from "leaky" vessels. It can affect both the small and large bowel.
Clinical presentation
Patients often present with non-specific findings of abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting.
Patho...
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"Ballooning" of the distal esophagus after Heller myotomy

Diagnosis certain
Published 21 Jul 2015
97% complete
Barium
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Supine tension pneumothorax

Diagnosis certain
Published 04 Sep 2015
97% complete
X-ray
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Failed back syndrome
Failed back syndrome refers to persistent leg and/or lumbar back pain after a surgical procedure. The pathophysiology of this syndrome is complex, as often the operation was technically successful.
Terminology
Other names for failed back syndrome include failed back surgery syndrome, post-lam...
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Punctured right ventricle by pacemaker lead

Diagnosis certain
Published 22 Dec 2015
89% complete
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N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate pulmonary embolism and left adrenal venous infarction

Diagnosis certain
Published 20 Jan 2016
95% complete
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Barium peritonitis
Barium peritonitis is a rare complication of gastrointestinal barium studies, and occurs when there is gastrointestinal tract perforation and spillage of barium contrast agent into the peritoneal cavity resulting in peritonitis, granuloma and stone formation 1.
Pathology
Barium sulfate in the ...
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Embedded intrauterine contraceptive device

Diagnosis certain
Published 12 Mar 2016
75% complete
Ultrasound
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Infusothorax
Infusothorax (plural: infusothoraces), also known as a chemothorax, is a complication of central venous catheter malposition where the catheter tip is located in the pleural space and the infusion of the fluid collects inadvertently in the pleural space in the form of a pleural effusion. Longer ...
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Dropped gallstones

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 08 May 2016
77% complete
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Postoperative gossypiboma

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 17 Jun 2016
74% complete
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Radial artery pseduoaneurysm

Diagnosis certain
Published 29 Jun 2016
92% complete
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