Chapter 060 Enlargement of Lymph Nodes and Spleen (Part 5) ppt

... or Chapter 060. Enlargement of Lymph Nodes and Spleen (Part 5) Approach to the Patient: Splenomegaly Clinical Assessment The most common symptoms produced by diseases involving the spleen ... diameter of 13 cm by ultrasonography or maximum length of 12 cm and/ or width of 7 cm by radionuclide scan, and is usually not palpable. However, a palpable spleen...

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... marrow and other sites of disease. Similar regressions of systemic disease have been noted after splenic irradiation in some types of lymphoid tumors, especially chronic lymphocytic leukemia and ... of the spleen in Hodgkin's disease is not a sufficiently reliable basis for treatment decisions because one-third of normal- sized spleens will be involved with Hodgkin&apo...

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... evaluation. Chapter 060. Enlargement of Lymph Nodes and Spleen (Part 8) The absence of the spleen has minimal long-term effects on the hematologic profile. In the immediate postsplenectomy ... spleen percussion sign: A useful diagnostic tec hnique. Ann Intern Med 67:1265, 1967 [PMID: 6061941] Ferrer R, et al: Lymphadenopathy: Differential diagnosis and evaluat...

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... the lymphadenopathy is a normal finding or one that requires further study, up to and including biopsy. Soft, flat, submandibular nodes (<1 cm) are often palpable in healthy children and ... healthy children and young adults, and healthy adults may have palpable inguinal nodes of up to 2 cm, which are considered normal. Further evaluation of these normal nodes is not...

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... obstruction by enlarged lymphoid tissue in Waldeyer's ring that is occasionally seen in infectious mononucleosis. Chapter 060. Enlargement of Lymph Nodes and Spleen (Part 3) Laboratory ... who is a chronic user of tobacco; supraclavicular adenopathy; and solitary or generalized adenopathy that is firm, movable, and suggestive of lymphoma. If a primary...

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... and antibody-coated blood cells from the circulation. Figure 60-1 Chapter 060. Enlargement of Lymph Nodes and Spleen (Part 4) Splenomegaly Structure and Function of the Spleen The spleen ... Schematic spleen structure. The spleen comprises many units of red and white pulp centered around small branches of the splenic artery, called central arte...

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... Chapter 030. Disorders of Smell, Taste, and Hearing (Part 5) Disorders of the Sense of Taste Disorders of the sense of taste are caused by conditions that interfere with the access of ... heavy-metal intoxication, and bacterial colonization of the taste pore. Sensory gustatory losses are caused by inflammatory and degenerative diseases in the oral cavity;...

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... Chapter 030. Disorders of Smell, Taste, and Hearing (Part 2) Disorders of the Sense of Smell These are caused by conditions that interfere with the access of the odorant ... gliomas of the frontal lobe. Occasionally, pituitary adenomas, craniopharyngiomas, suprasellar meningiomas, and aneurysms of the anterior part of the circle of Willis extend forward and...

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... Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 30. Disorders of Smell, Taste, and Hearing Smell The sense of smell determines the flavor and palatability of food and drink and serves, along with the ... potential spatial map of how we receive odor stimuli, much like the tonotopic organization of how we perceive sound. Chapter 030. Disorders of Smell, Taste, and...

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... spontaneous recovery often occurs. Zinc and vitamin therapy (especially with vitamin A) are advocated by some. Profound zinc deficiency can produce loss and distortion of the sense of smell but is ... olfactory bulbs, ventricles, and other soft tissue of the brain. Coronal CT is optimal for assessing cribriform plate, anterior cranial fossa, and sinus anatomy. Biopsy of t...

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