DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
Obstructive lesions
Turner syndrome
Turner syndrome or Ullrich-Turner syndrome (also known as "Gonadal dysgenesis") encompasses several conditions, of which monosomy X (absence of an entire sex chromosome, the Barr body) is most common. It is a chromosomal abnormality in which all or part of one of the sex chromosomes is absent (unaffected humans have 46 chromosomes, of which two are sex chromosomes). Typical females have two X chromosomes, but in Turner syndrome, one of those sex chromosomes is missing or has other abnormalities. In some cases, the chromosome is missing in some cells but not others, a condition referred to as mosaicism or 'Turner mosaicism'...
Obstructive lesions - List of case studies
- Left Ventricular Dysfunction and Aortic Stenosis
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not calculated. Coronary angiography reveal no obstructive lesions, normal left ventricular function and transaortic peak to peak gradient ...
- Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas
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of benign, premalignant (borderline) and malignant lesions. Although they are less common, it is important to distinguish cystic ... in a similar fashion to pancreatic adenocarcinoma with obstructive jaundice due to impingement of the bile duct. This finding is ...
- Rectal Carcinoma, Gastric Carcinoma, Metastases.
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full-body PET Scan demonstrated the presence of lesions with elevated carbohydrate metabolism and a preoperative evaluation of ... irradiation may contribute to intestinal adhesions and obstructive events; b. although previous chemotherapy included ...
- Diffuse Intra-Axial expansive Lesion of the Enchephalic Trunk
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revealed a expansile lesion of the brainstem and signs of obstructive hydrocephalus and possible leptomeningeal dissemination. Steriods ... due to an initial subependymal liquor overflow, sign of obstructive hydrocephalus .” The young patient was, therefore, ... An MRI spine to make sure not other lesions in craniospinal axis . - ...