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Polyarteritis Nodosa – Treatment 23 Apr 2013 | 04:55 pm
In patients with idiopathic PAN, glucocorticoids and cytotoxic agents remain the cornerstones of treatment. Approximately half of patients with PAN achieve remissions or cures with high doses of gluco...
Polyarteritis Nodosa – Differential Diagnosis 18 Apr 2013 | 04:51 pm
Even when flagrant inflammation is present, PAN may elude diagnosis for weeks or months. Except for evidence obtained from angiography or biopsy, the disease has no individual features that are pathog...
Polyarteritis Nodosa – Symptoms and Signs 9 Apr 2013 | 04:41 pm
Symptoms and Signs PAN can involve virtually any organ system, with the exception of the lungs. The disease, however, demonstrates a predilection for certain organs, particularly the skin, peripheral...
Polyarteritis Nodosa – General Data 5 Apr 2013 | 04:37 pm
Essential of diagnosis on Polyarteritis Nodosa Subacute onset of constitutional complaints (eg, fever, weight loss, malaise, arthralgias), lower extremity nodules and ulcerations, mononeuritis multip...
Effects of Tumor on Host in Neoplasia 16 Jan 2013 | 08:38 pm
Location is crucial in both benign and malignant tumors. A small (1-cm) pituitary adenoma can compress and destroy the surrounding normal gland and give rise to hypopituitarism. A 0.5-cm leiomyoma in ...
Type 2 Neurofibromatosis 16 Jan 2013 | 08:36 pm
This is an autosomal dominant disorder in which patients develop a range of tumors, most commonly bilateral vestibular (acoustic) schwannomas and multiple meningiomas. Gliomas, typically ependymomas o...
Type 1 Neurofibromatosis 16 Jan 2013 | 08:34 pm
This autosomal dominant disorder is characterized by neurofibromas (plexiform and solitary), gliomas of the optic nerve, pigmented nodules of the iris (Lisch nodules), and cutaneous hyperpigmented mac...
Gastritis – causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment 3 Dec 2012 | 03:37 am
Gastritis is defined as an inflammation, erosion or irritation of the lining of the stomach lining (stomach mucosa) – and it’s a condition that has many causes, but common to all ill people with gast...
Acute Eczematous Dermatitis 19 Nov 2012 | 04:18 pm
Eczema is a clinical term that embraces a number of conditions with different underlying etiologies. All are characterized by red, papulovesicular, oozing, and crusted lesions at an early stage. The d...
Acute inflammatory dermatoses 19 Nov 2012 | 03:24 pm
Literally thousands of specific inflammatory dermatoses exist, hence the clinical variants and nomenclature are challenging to master at any stage of training. In general, acute lesions last from days...
