α-Synuclein Skin Biopsy, Elastography Scores and Liver Events, Video Laryngoscopy, and more
Editor’s Summary by Anne Cappola, MD, ScM, Associate Editor of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the April 16, 2024, issue. (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - April 16, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Skin Cancer: What is Melanoma?
In this cancer podcast: Melanoma is the most serious type of skin cancer and dermatologist, Dr. Bruce Thiers, gives a detailed description of where melanoma normally appears, what to look for based on the asymmetry, border, color and diameter of a mole, when a biopsy is required and how melanoma is treated. (Source: MUSC Dermatology Podcast)
Source: MUSC Dermatology Podcast - April 5, 2014 Category: Dermatology Authors: Medical Univeristy of South Carolina Source Type: podcasts
Blistering skin
Dr Belinda Welsh discusses the causes and clinical features of a variety of bullous skin rashes. Belinda discusses distinguishing features such as blister location, presence of mucosal involvement or whether the blisters are tense and intact (indicating dermal blistering) or fragile (indicating superficial blistering). Most presentations to GPs will be the result of infection, topical contact reaction, insect bites or drug reactions. However, if common conditions such as these are excluded, then often histology and immunofluoresence is required for diagnosis. (Belinda discussed the techniques for biopsy for both histology ...
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - June 30, 2009 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts
