Thyroid and Parathyroid Disease
Thyroid and Parathyroid Disease Nicholas P.W. Coe Thyroid Disease Patricia Arnold is a 35-year-old woman with an asymptomatic neck mass, which she first noticed 3 weeks ago. Her history is…
UROLOGY
Peptic Ulcer Disease
Peptic Ulcer Disease David Page Robbie Steele is a 49-year-old insurance agent with epigastric pain. For approximately 6 months, Mr. Steele has had vague abdominal distress after meals and at…
Esophageal Cancer
Esophageal Cancer Sharline J. Zacur Brian J. Kaplan Mr. Gill is a 61-year-old African American man who was in good health until 3 months ago when he began experiencing difficulty…
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Sophia Lee Eric J. DeMaria Andrew Grant is a 45-year-old man who has a 3-year history of heartburn that is particularly bothersome at night when he is…
Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer Brian J. Kaplan Mrs. Murphy is a healthy 55-year-old woman who has a new cluster of microcalcifications on her annual screening mammogram. She is advised to have a…
Wound Healing and Repair
Wound Healing and Repair Christopher J. Brandys Tim M. Brandys A 17-year-old man is brought to the emergency room directly from the local high school track and field meet. While…
Preoperative Anesthetic Assessment of the Surgical Patient
Preoperative Anesthetic Assessment of the Surgical Patient Thomas McNiff Cornelius Dyke Mrs. Barr is a 65-year-old woman whom the anesthesiologist is called to see before surgery. She presented to the…
Origin and Pathophysiology
Fig. 2.1 Illustration depicting the venous testicular vasculature (a), and the drainage of right and left testes (b). The right testicular vein empties into the inferior vena cava while the…
Treatment Modalities
Study Patients Antioxidant Outcomes Controlled trials Cavalleni et al. (2004) [213] n = 62 men with varicocele and 39 men with oligozoospermia treated compared with 71 men with varicocele and 47 men…
Varicocele Classification
Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) Accuracy (%) Physical exam 70 70 67 Color Doppler ultrasound 93 85 ND Venography 100 60–70 ND Thermography 84–98 81–100 ND ND not defined Physical…
