What Are Cutaneous Lesions Associated with Occult Spinal Dysraphism?
Discussion
Neural tube defects are a group of disorders that arise during embryogenesis. They include anenephaly, exencephaly, meningmyelocoeles and encephalocoeles and other malformations including occult spinal dysraphism. Occult spinal dysraphism (OSD) has incomplete fusion of the midline elements of the spine including the bony, neural, and mesenchymal tissues but the abnormalities are covered by skin (ectodermal tissues) and therefore are not obvious. OSD has a higher risk of tethered spinal cord syndrome or other neurological/neurosurgical problems.
Normally the caudal end of the spinal cord, the conus medullaris, ha...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - January 8, 2018 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Involvement of Knee and Hip With Primary Lipoma Arborescence Involvement of Knee and Hip With Primary Lipoma Arborescence
What was the unusual cause of this patient ' s three-year history of painless swelling in bilateral thighs and knees, and how was the diagnosis confirmed?Applied Radiology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 10, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Radiology Journal Article Source Type: news
Dr Pimple Popper removes BOWLING BALL-sized neck lump
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: California-based dermatologist Dr Sandra Lee removes a 400g lipoma from the back of a man's neck with her bare hands in her latest viral video. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 18, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Doc's Removal Of 'Bowling Ball' Growth Is As Gross As You'd Expect (Graphic)
You know when Dr. Pimple Popper calls it “the mother of all lipomas,” “a bear of a lipoma” and a “bowling ball of a lipoma” all in one post, it’s quite a lipoma.
In yet another viral video published Sunday, Dr. PP, aka Sandra Lee, expressed hope that the lipoma (a benign growth of fat cells) on this dude’s back would pop out easily. It didn’t.
Things got ugly. (You can turn back now!)
And you’re still here.
So watch above as Lee, who makes a habit of delighting us with her procedures, does herself proud again.
Bravo! -- This feed and its contents are the pr...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 16, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Video shows moment Dr Pimple Popper removes melon-sized ball of fat from woman's back
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Californian dermatologist Dr Sandra Lee, known as Dr Pimple Popper, had a 20 minute battle trying to coax the lipoma out of an unnamed woman's arm. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 8, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Is this Dr Pimple Popper's most disgusting delivery yet?
WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Californian dermatologist Dr Sandra Lee, known as Dr Pimple Popper, describes the lipoma - a benign growth of fat cells - as being like a newborn baby. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nigeria: Cancerous Facial Swelling Threatens Nancy's Life
[Guardian] Seventeen-year-old Nancy Donald Ukaha is in dire straits over a life-threatening disease, Psamomatoide juvenile ossifying lipoma, which she has been nursing for the past 12 years. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 13, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Dr Sandra Lee the Pimple Popper removes a MELON-sized ball of fat lipoma
WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Californian dermatologist Dr Sandra Lee, known as Dr Pimple Popper, says the lipoma - a benign growth of fat cells - is the biggest she has ever seen. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 24, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Yellow fatty lump bursts out of a man's arm as a doctor cuts into it with a scalpel
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Californian dermatologist Dr Sandra Lee explains the yellow lump is a lipoma, a benign growth of fat cells. She pops it out of the man's arm with one squeeze. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Disgusting moment a yellow fatty lump bursts out of a man's arm as a doctor cuts into it with a scalpel
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Californian dermatologist Dr Sandra Lee explains the yellow lump is a lipoma, a benign growth of fat cells. She pops it out of the man's arm with one squeeze. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Man has giant tumour the size of a FOOTBALL removed from his neck
The unidentified man was found to have a 4lb, 30cm by 20cm lipoma, a benign tumour made up of fat cells, according to doctors writing in the journal BMJ Case Reports. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 27, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
High Tech Medicine Can Be Bad for Your Health
You reach a certain age and all your friends are getting sick, going to lots of doctors, having lots of tests, and taking lots of medicine. No surprise there. The surprise is how many of your friends tell you that their doctors have made glaring errors and that the tests and treatments have caused them more harm than good. And surprising also that often it is the best doctors at the most high tech places who seem to make the most egregious errors. The problem is that too many doctors have gotten into the habit of treating lab tests, not patients. And doctors have become super-specialized, each one focusing only on one s...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - October 28, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Sharpen your USMLE skills with this top missed test prep question
A top priority for medical students is preparing for the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE), which is why each month, we’re giving you an exclusive scoop on the most challenging USMLE questions and expert strategies to help you beat them. This month’s question explores pathophysiology. Think you know the answer? Check out the question that stumped most of your peers—and hear an expert video explanation of the answer from Kaplan Medical.
Welcome to the second post in AMA Wire’s series, “Tutor talk: Tips from Kaplan on the most missed USMLE questions.” Each month, we’ll reveal one of the top questio...
Source: AMA Wire - October 19, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: amamod Source Type: news
Dublin woman had a tumour like a 'breast' on her BACK for over 10 years
The unidentified woman, from Dublin, Ireland, was found to have a 19cm lipoma, a benign tumour made up of fat cells, according to doctors writing in the journal BMJ case reports. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 10, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Your NEJM Group Today: Lipoma-Associated Constipation, Summer ID Link-o-Rama, Ohio Hospitalist Opportunities (FREE)
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NEJM Group offers so many valuable resources for practicing clinicians. Here's what we chose for you today:NEJM Clinical Practice Center: Image in Clinical Medicine: A 13-year-old girl was admitted … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - August 18, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
