DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
Weight loss
Obesity
Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy and/or increased health problems. Body mass index (BMI), a measurement which compares weight and height, defines people as overweight (pre-obese) if their BMI is between 25 and 30 kg/m, and obese when it is greater than 30 kg/m. Obesity increases the likelihood of various diseases, particularly heart disease, type 2 diabetes, breathing difficulties during sleep, certain types of cancer, and osteoarthritis...
Weight loss - List of case studies
- Nephroblastoma (Wilms’ Tumor)
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history: The patient is a 5 year old female, weight 16.7 kg, height 114 cm. Her parents report that the patient had a growth ... malignant tumor; 3. Modification of tumor histology; or 4. Loss of staging information. Contrary to this way of ...
- 3-year old boy with Medulloblastoma
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and on waking reported fatigue; he ate, vomited and lost weight and had a sickly complexion). T he patient’s sleeping ... chemotherapy. These may include some degree of hearing loss, some risk of infertility . There is some risk of secondary leukemia, ...
- List of Examinations
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neuropathy Axial images Axilla) Axon loss Axonal and Demyelinative Sensorimotor Neuropathy ... of the family for the factor II mutation Chronic axon loss neuropathy Chronic neurogenic changes Chronic sensory ... Monitoring of the alpha-fetoprotein Monitoring weight Monoclonal Ab Monoclonal gammopathy Monocytes ...
- Anemia due to blood loss in obscure intestinal bleeding
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occurred after 3-4 months from one another with total loss of 4-5 grams of hemoglobin . The following medical tests were ... ) that cannot be appreciated by any of the above tests. Weight loss and pain might be clues and if these symptoms are present, ...
- Autoimmune hepatitis/cholangitis in patient with Crohn’s disease.
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due to epigastric abdominal pain, lack of appetite and weight loss. He was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. Hepatic biopsy, that was ...
- Neuroroendocrine neoplasia with hepatic secondary lesions
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from pancreatic origin, suffered from significant weight loss. The administered treatments include Chemotherapy, Roferon A, Statins and ...
- Massive Portal and Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis
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therefore, drastically reduced eating with subsequent weight loss of approximately 8 Kg in 3 weeks; this led to an organic impairment . ...
- SOL (Space occupying lesion) of brain
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: 36.7ºC Pulse : 74 Blood pressure : 115/68 Weight: 45kg Height : 162cm Approx BMI : 17.15kg/m2 Approx body ... No nystagmus. No Parinaud’s. No facial paralysis. No loss of feeling in the face. No deviation of the tongue. No deviation of the ...
- Post infectious hypothyroidism
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tiredness a few months after giving birth, she gained weight and felt pain all over her body, paresthesias in her hands, and loss of energy. Examination revealed diffusely enlarged thyroid gland, the ...
- Right Microtia
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The neonate was born after 35 weeks +3/7 of pregnancy, weight 2340 gr., to a 39 years old mother, third delivery, fourth pregnancy. ... because treatment schedule differs in case hearing loss is bilateral or unilateral. Ultrasound of the kidneys ...