Items tagged “oncology”

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Adrenal calcification

Adrenal calcification is not a rare finding in healthy asymptomatic people and is usually the result of previous hemorrhage or tuberculosis. Addison disease patients only occasionally develop calcification.  Pathology Etiology Hemorrhage sepsis: Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome blunt abdomi...
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Wilms tumor

  Diagnosis certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 02 Apr 2009
92% complete
X-ray CT
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Duodenal filling defects

Duodenal filling defects may be caused by a wide variety of duodenal pathology which may be divided by their location and pathological process. Extrinsic gallbladder impression common bile duct impression gas-filled diverticulum Intrinsic Note: please refer to duodenal mucosal nodular fill...
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Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT)

  Diagnosis almost certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 16 Apr 2009
69% complete
CT MRI
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Hepatomegaly

Hepatomegaly refers to an increase in size or enlargement of the liver.  Pathology Etiology Hepatomegaly can result from a vast range of pathology including, but not limited to, the following: malignancy/cellular infiltrate multiple metastases lymphoma(s) leukemia(s) hepatocellular carci...
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Orbital apex mass - metastasis

  Diagnosis almost certain
Jeremy Jones
Published 20 Jun 2009
74% complete
CT
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Cervical lymph node (staging)

Cervical lymph node staging refers to evaluating regional nodal metastasis from primary cancer of the head and neck. The following article reflects the 8th edition of the TNM staging system published by the American Joint Committee on Cancer, which is used for staging starting January 1, 2018 1,...
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Tram-track sign (orbit)

Tram-track sign refers to the parallel thickening and enhancement around the optic nerve, and is most frequently seen in the setting of optic nerve meningioma. It may, however, also be seen in 1: orbital pseudotumor perioptic neuritis orbital sarcoidosis orbital leukemia orbital lymphoma o...
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Optic nerve enlargement

Enlargement of the optic nerves is uncommon. Swelling of the optic nerves has a surprisingly broad differential. Etiology neoplastic optic nerve glioma optic nerve meningioma leukemia orbital lymphoma metastases juvenile xanthogranuloma medulloepithelioma involvement by retinoblastoma ...
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Cerebral ring enhancing lesions

The differential for peripheral or ring enhancing cerebral lesions includes: cerebral abscess tuberculoma neurocysticercosis metastasis glioblastoma subacute infarct/hemorrhage/contusion demyelination (incomplete ring) tumefactive demyelinating lesion (incomplete ring) radiation necrosi...
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Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor

  Diagnosis certain
Charudutt Jayant Sambhaji
Published 07 Aug 2009
89% complete
CT
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Apical post-radiotheraphy change

  Diagnosis almost certain
Jeremy Jones
Published 23 Aug 2009
72% complete
X-ray
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Lynch syndrome: duodenojejunal adenocarcinoma

  Diagnosis almost certain
Natalie Yang
Published 23 Aug 2009
65% complete
X-ray CT
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Bethesda criteria of hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer

The Bethesda criteria are an alternative to the Amsterdam criteria for the clinical diagnosis of hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC).  Diagnosis of HNPCC is made if any of the following criteria are fulfilled: Amsterdam criteria are met 2 or more HNPCC related malignancies  pa...
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Rectal cancer - T4 invading into prostate

  Diagnosis almost certain
Natalie Yang
Published 31 Aug 2009
59% complete
MRI
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Rectal cancer - T3 N2

  Diagnosis almost certain
Natalie Yang
Published 31 Aug 2009
50% complete
MRI
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Small bowel lymphoma

Small bowel lymphoma is one of the most common small bowel malignancies, accounting for ~25% of all primary small bowel malignancies, and ~40% of all primary gastrointestinal lymphomas. Epidemiology Small bowel lymphoma is most commonly secondary extranodal involvement in widespread systemic l...
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Rectal cancer - T3

  Diagnosis almost certain
Natalie Yang
Published 08 Sep 2009
74% complete
MRI
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Inguinal node metastasis and wandering spleen

  Diagnosis certain
Natalie Yang
Published 14 Sep 2009
92% complete
CT
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Osteopoikilosis

Osteopoikilosis is a sclerosing bony dysplasia characterized by multiple benign enostoses. It is a rare inherited benign condition incidentally found on skeletal x-rays. Its importance is predominantly in correct diagnosis so that it is not mistaken for pathology. Epidemiology The bone islands...