DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
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Medical Case Studies
disease
Disease
A disease is an abnormal condition affecting the body of an organism. It is often construed to be a medical condition associated with specific symptoms and signs. It may be caused by external factors, such as infectious disease, or it may be caused by internal dysfunctions, such as autoimmune diseases. In humans, "disease" is often used more broadly to refer to any condition that causes pain, dysfunction, distress, social problems, and/or death to the person afflicted, or similar problems for those in contact with the person. In this broader sense, it sometimes includes injuries, disabilities, disorders, syndromes, infections, isolated symptoms, deviant behaviors, and atypical variations of structure and function, while in other contexts and for other purposes these may be considered distinguishable categories...
disease - List of case studies
- Recurrent metastases in malignant tumor of left forearm
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A patient with recurrent, refractory and metastatic disease has a poor prognosis . Chance of long term survival is less ... carcinoma), recurrent, refractory and metastatic disease, Solid tumor, bone marrow metastases. ... carcinoma), recurrent, refractory and metastatic disease, Solid tumor, bone marrow metastases. ...
- Motor Neuropathy
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The patient was diagnosed with “suspect motor neuron disease" and was treated with IVIG cycles with slight initial improvement, ... Diagnostic picture: Motor neuron disease Chronic polyneuritis Other not classified What do you ...
- Cystic Pleuro-Pulmonary Blastoma
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had been diagnosed with Pleuropulmonary Blastoma. The disease extent included the lung and pleura with no signs of metastatic spread. ... mega-apophysis on the right side at L5. Therefore, the disease seems to be located at the pleural/pulmonary level without any sign ...
- Metastatic Heteroplasia of the Lung
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Medical Background: Hypertensive ischemic heart disease; Type II diabetes mellitus; hypercholesterolemia; Subclinical ... for determining the rate of progression of his disease. A trial of platinum-based chemotherapy (probably best with gemcitabine ) should be considered as soon as the disease progresses. If at least an arrest of the disease is achieved following ...
- Dental Case
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leading to the Periodontal state of the patient, gum disease which will diminish the amount of bone supporting the teeth and the ... posterior bite collapse, Periodontal state, gum disease. Examinations : endo-oral and panoramic x-rays ...
- Neuroroendocrine neoplasia with hepatic secondary lesions_2
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tumour with synchronic liver metastases. The disease was treated with an etoposide-carboplatin combination, Interferon A, ... In early 2008, a tumour progression was noted in that the disease started to produce the epithelial tumour markers CEA and CA 19-9. The ...
- Guillain-Barré Syndrome / Acute Myeloradiculoneuritis
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Nerve Disease short_summary: ... 0.02892 poise (with n.v. 0.014-0.018). - Infectious disease screening (before Ig Vena treatment): Negative for HIV 1-2, anti-HCV, ...
- Chronic relapsing, non progressing eruption of purpuric papulovesicular lesions
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1) What do you think is the cause of the disease? 2) Is there a treatment that leads to final recovery? 3) What are the consequences, if any, of this disease? Medical ...
- Multiple myeloma with renal involvement, bone lesions and Neuropathy
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of the IgA-Lambda type, with renal involvement. The disease course is characterized by "ups and downs responding to anti-MM therapy. During the disease course, several problems and complications developed: Renal failure, ...
- Chronic Glomerulonephritis
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transplant. Possible causes of immune complex deposition disease include Cryoglobulinemia, IgA nephropathy, Membranous nephropathy, and ... Diabetes type II – No Target Organ Disease Obesity (BMI>30) Gastric Band ...