Ocular Manifestations of Systemic Disease Jack Shao Careen Y. Lowder RAPID BOARD REVIEW—KEY POINTS TO REMEMBER: The leading causes of blindness in the United States are macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy,…
Biostatistics in Clinical Medicine: Diagnostic Tests Gerald J. Beck RAPID BOARD REVIEW—KEY POINTS TO REMEMBER: The relationship between a dichotomous classification of a diagnostic test result and the presence or…
Medical Diseases in Pregnancy Priyanka Sharma RAPID BOARD REVIEW—KEY POINTS TO REMEMBER: Most medications used in pregnancy are category B or C. Examples of category D and X drugs and…
Women’s Hormonal Health Issues Holly L. Thacker RAPID BOARD REVIEW—KEY POINTS TO REMEMBER: Amenorrhea Pregnancy should be considered as the number one cause of secondary amenorrhea. The differential diagnosis includes…
Health Screening and Adult Immunizations Craig Nielsen Richard S. Lang RAPID BOARD REVIEW—KEY POINTS TO REMEMBER: Primary prevention aims to reduce the incidence of a disease. Secondary prevention aims to…
Fig. 5.1 IVU plain films showing stones. Plain full length film from an IVU series showing multiple calculi in the lower pole calyces of the left kidney. Calculi are best…
Fig. 45.1 Sonablate® device Fig. 45.2 Ablatherm® device (Courtesy of EDAP) Mechanisms of Action In contrast to its use in ultrasound imaging techniques, the high acoustic energy leads to higher…
Malignant renal cell tumours Clear cell renal cell carcinoma Multilocular clear cell renal cell carcinoma Papillary renal cell carcinoma Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma Carcinoma of the collecting ducts of Bellini…
Fig. 1.1 Illustration of the sites of cellular connections and the adhesion molecules found at the interface between the cell and a basement membrane and between cells. Diagrammatic illustration of…
Tumour markers mandatory: AFP: seen in 40–60 % nonseminomas and AFP is absent in seminoma; Even if raised in seminoma, the tumour is considered as mixed GCT β-HCG: raised levels…
