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Amyloid myopathy
Amyloid myopathy results from the extracellular deposition of the fibrous protein amyloid within the musculoskeletal system and is a musculoskeletal manifestation of amyloidosis, particularly in patients on long-term haemodialysis. It could coexist with amyloid arthropathy.
See also
amyloidosi...
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Point shear wave elastography
Point shear wave elastography (pSWE) is a type of shear wave elastography using ultrasound machine where an acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) is used to generate shear waves in targeted area of liver tissue.
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Overstuffing (shoulder arthroplasty)
Overstuffing of the total shoulder arthroplasty or shoulder hemiarthroplasty is secondary to an oversized humeral component or inaccurate positioning of the prosthetic humeral head, which can lead to subacromial impingement from malposition with attritional rotator cuff tears.
Medial overstuffi...
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Ageusia
Ageusia refers to a complete loss of taste. In instances where it is partial it is then falls under the spectrum of the conditions such as
hypogeusia (decreased sensitivity to all tastants)
hyperguesia (enhanced gustatory sensitivity)
dysgeusia (unpleasant perception of a tastant) an...
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Gliomatosis peritonei
Gliomatosis peritonei is very rare and is characterized by the implantation of benign mature glial tissue in the peritoneum, omentum, and/or lymph nodes. It is usually associated with ovarian teratoma, although has rarely been seen with other teratomas 1-4.
Rarely gliomatosis peritonei has also...
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Axillary web syndrome
Axillary web syndrome is a commonly occurring condition secondary to breast cancer surgery involving lymphadenectomy 1. It is characterized by the presence of one or multiple thin cords in the subcutaneous tissues of the axilla, which extends down the arm and/or chest wall 1,2. This can lead to ...
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Bayonet artifact
Bayonet artifact is a type of artifact encountered in ultrasound guided needle techniques, that results in the apparent bending of the needle as it passes into or adjacent to tissue with different sound transmission speeds.
In constructing an ultrasound image, the machine assumes a constant spe...
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Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation
Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation is a scoliosis restorative method employed since 1983. Principally this procedure is used in any situation requiring posterior spinal instrumentation with rigid fixation like fractures and retrolisthesis. Contrary to Harrington rods, this procedure is much better...
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Hepatic stellate cells
Hepatic stellate cells present in the perisinusoidal space of Disse between the fenestrated sinusoidal endothelial cell layer and hepatic epithelial cells, store vitamin A. They participate in liver development and regeneration if activated by damage such as after chronic hepatitis by producing ...
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Cotton ball sign (gallbladder)
The cotton ball sign refers to imaging characteristics of fundal adenomyomatosis as seen on contrast-enhanced CT. The sign refers to thickened, fuzzy, enhancing gallbladder fundus, reminiscent of a cotton ball 1,2.
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Bagel sign (disambiguation)
A bagel sign has been named in multiple contexts:
bagel sign in MRI spine of neuro-Behçet disease-associated myelitis
bagel sign in ultrasound of tubal ectopic pregnancy
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