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Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
Collagen vascular disease
Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis (also known as arteriosclerotic vascular disease or ASVD) is a condition in which an artery wall thickens as a result of the accumulation of fatty materials such as cholesterol. It is a syndrome affecting arterial blood vessels, a chronic inflammatory response in the walls of arteries, caused largely by the accumulation of macrophage white blood cells and promoted by low-density lipoproteins (plasma proteins that carry cholesterol and triglycerides) without adequate removal of fats and cholesterol from the macrophages by functional high density lipoproteins (HDL),...
Collagen vascular disease - List of case studies
- Axonal and Demyelinative Sensorimotor Neuropathy
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protein 76. Laboratory work-up in the direction of collagen disease, multiple myeloma, B12 defienncy, hypothyroidism , VDRL, were ... therefore, that suggests claudication (neurogenic or vascular), since rest ameliorates the foot discomfort. The narrative summary ...
- List of Diseases and Conditions
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Cognitive defect Cold thyroid gland nodule Collagen disease Collagen vascular disease Collateral dysplasia (gastric mucosa) Colloid ...
- Symptomatic Pancytopenia- Additional opinion
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His past medical history is remarkake for: Vascular surgery (peripheral vascular disease ?) Colon ... ferritin, B12, folic acid, Exclude collagen vascular disease: ANF, complement, beta-2-glycoprotein, ANCA ...
- B-cell lymphoma
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chronic viral infection (EBV ? CMV ? hepatitis ? HIV ?), collagen vascular / auto-immune disease, other drug-induced bone marrow damage, alcohol, ...