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Scleritis can be classified as anterior scleritis and posterior scleritis. Anterior scleritis is the most common variety, accounting for about 98% of the cases. It is of two types : Non-necrotising and necrotising. Non-necrotising scleritis is the most common, and is further classified into diffuse and nodular type based on morphology.
Sclerotomy is a medical intervention that involves surgical cutting in the white area of the eye, known as the sclera. [1] The goal of this intervention is usually done to correct defects in sclera that resulted as a complication of glaucoma of other ocular diseases. [2]
Gurvits syndrome, black esophagus, acute necrotizing esophagitis, [1] esophageal infarction: Areas represented in image (distals) are most common locations for acute esophageal necrosis to occur. AEN defines itself predominantly in the first of three distals of the esophagus. [2] Specialty: Gastroenterology: Risk factors
CT scan of a patient with Descending Necrotizing Mediastinitis. Esophageal perforation, a form of direct contamination, accounts for 90% of acute mediastinal infections. [ 1 ] Esophageal perforation can arise from vomiting, incidental trauma from a procedure or operation, external trauma, ingestion of corrosive substances, malignancy, or other ...
When confronted with a scenario in which the patient could either have a common cellulitis disease or a rare, deadly necrotizing fasciitis. Heavily influenced by his recent exposure to necrotizing fasciitis, Gawande decides to do a biopsy. This case reflects how sometimes, physicians must use not only science to treat patients, but intuition as ...
The video showed Doherty in a hospital gown and surgical bonnet before a surgery she had on Jan. 16. "Scared of all possible bad outcomes, worried about leaving my mom and how that would impact ...
Necrotizing pneumonia (NP), also known as cavitary pneumonia or cavitatory necrosis, is a rare but severe complication of lung parenchymal infection. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In necrotizing pneumonia, there is a substantial liquefaction following death of the lung tissue, which may lead to gangrene formation in the lung.
Chris Rock got a hand (and a gall bladder) from one of his old Saturday Night Live castmates this week. A sketch in Saturday’s SNL opened with Rock playing a doctor doing gall bladder surgery on ...