Medical Diseases in Pregnancy
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
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
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…
Non-Interventional Imaging in Genitourinary Cancer
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…
High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (Hifu) in Prostate Cancer
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…
Pathology of Renal Cancer
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…
Normal Cell
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…
Testicular Cancer- Clinical Features, Staging and Surgical Management
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…
Epidemiology, Screening, Pathology and Pathogenesis
Fig. 39.1 Zonal anatomy of the prostate (Reprinted from McNeal [2]. With permission from Wolters Kluwer Health) The peripheral zone (PZ) (Fig. 39.1) accounts for 70 % of glandular tissue…
Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer
Radionuclide Half-life (days) Emitted energy spectra (weighted average MeV) Half-value layer of lead (mm) 125I (Iodine) 59.4 0.028 0.025 103Pd (Palladium) 17.0 0.021 0.008 131Cs (Caesium) 9.7 0.030 0.022 192Ir…
