This burn contracture was noticed in 19 year old male, an engineering student. The burn occurred when he was only three years old. The growth of fingers has lead to progressive deformity
Healed Surgical Scar On Lateral Aspect Of Elbow
April 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A Healed Scar Over Elbow
Common Clinical Problems During Treatment of Tuberculosis
March 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Most patient complete treatment uneventfully. However, some patients do have problems during treatment.
In a few patients, haemoptysis may continue during the early part of treatment.
The sight of blood alarms the patient and creates doubts in his mind about his treatment. Prompt treatment, an explanation and reassurance go a long way in gaining the confidence of the patient.
It is important to explain the symptoms of common side effects to the patient. [Read more...]
Congenital Pseudoarthrosis of Tibia
March 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Clinical photograph of a 12 years old boy with congenital pseudoarthrosis of tibia
List of Causes of Splenomegaly
June 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Splenomegaly is an enlargement of the spleen. The spleen has to be two and a half times its normal size to become palpable, therefore an enlarged spleen is not always palpable. In ptosis of spleen, it is palpable, though not enlarged.
Signs Suggestive of Enlarged Spleen
- Predominant left sided abdominal distension
- Splenic mass moves downwards on inspiration
- A notch is felt on the anterior border of spleen
- Left abdominal pain if massive splenomegaly
Causes
Infective:
1. Bacterial: Septicemia, SBE, typhoid, syphilis
2. Viral: Infective hepatitis, infectious mononucleosis
3. Protozoal: Malaria, kala azar, trypanosomiasis
4. Fungal: Histoplasmosis
Congestive
A. Suprahepatic:
1. Congestive cardiac failure
2. Constructive pericarditis
3. Budd Chiari syndrome
B. Hepatic:
1. Cirrhosis
2. Schistosomiasis
3. Sarcoidosis
4. Congenital hepatic fibrosis
C. Intrahepatic: Portal vein thrombosis
Blood Diseases:
1. Polycythemia rubra vera
2. Hemolytic anemia-Thalassemia
3. Leukemias
4. Lymphoma
5. Myelofibrosis
Infiltrative and degenerative disorders
1. Gaucher’s disease
2. Niemann Picks disease
3. Amyloidosis
Neoplastic: Hemangiomas, sarcomas, cysts, metastasis
Miscellaneous:
1. Connective tissue disorders.
2. Rupture of spleen and hematoma.
Scientists Find New Way To Track Cancer In Blood
April 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Tiny sacs released from tumor cells and circulating in the blood carry genetic information about the tumor, offering a new way to track and treat the cancer, US researchers said on Sunday. “They contain a little piece of the tumor cell in the blood stream.
If you just look at these packets, you basically know what kind of mutations are in the tumor cell,” said Xandra Breakefield of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, whose study appears in the Journal Nature Cell Biology.
These membrane covered packets, called exosomes, represent a new way of getting information about a cancer, offering a means of choosing the best therapy, seeing how a patient responds to treatment, and possibly offering a way to deliver therapies back to the tumor, Breakefield said.
Source: TOI
Additives Processed Food May Lead To Lung Cancer
March 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Research on mice has shown that common food additives known as phosphates may help lung cancer tumors grow faster, at least in mice. The research has been conducted in South Korea. Phosphates are additives-found in many soft drinks, baked goods, processed meats and cheese.
A diet that is high in phosphates significantly increased the lung surface tumor lesions as well as the size.
The research suggests that cutting back on inorganic phosphates “may be critical for lung cancer treatment as well as prevention”.
Phosphates are critical to human nutrition and can be used in compounds that enrich calcium and iron content and prevent food from drying out. But Cho said it is possible that some people get too much. [Read more...]
Migraine Reduces Breast Cancer Risk
December 27, 2008 By Leave a Comment
In a recent study and puzzling revealation, women who have a history of migraine headaches are far less likely to develop breast cancer than other women.
The study is the first to look at the relationship between breast cancer and migraine and its findings may point to new ways of reducing a woman’s breast cancer risk, they said.
“We found that, overall, women who had a history of migraine had a 30 percent lower risk of breast cancer compared to women who did not have a history of such headaches,” said Christopher Li of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. Li said the reduction in risk was for the most common types of breast cancers those driven by hormones. Hormones also play a role in migraine.
Source: TOI
You Might Be Programmed To Be Fat
December 17, 2008 By Leave a Comment
You might have been programmed to become obese before you were born. A new research has suggested thatt eating a high-fat diet in pregnancy may cause changes in the fetal brain that lead to obesity early in life.
Rat mothers who were fed a high-fat diet had many more brain cells specialized to produce appetite-stimulating proteins, a finding that may help explain why obesity rates have soared in recent years. [Read more...]
MK-677 – The Drug That Could Retain Youth In Elderly
December 9, 2008 By Leave a Comment
A drug that restores mucle mass in elderly has been found. Scientists claim that with this they have come closer to the fountain of youth
Experts at the University of Virginia Health System said that a daily dose of an investigational medication has been found to restore muscle mass in the arms and legs of older adults and improve some of their biochemistry to levels found in healthy young adults. [Read more...]
