Thursday, December 16, 2010

Malignant Melanoma~


Remember ABCDE's:
  • A- Asymmetric shape
  • B- Borders irregular
  • C -Color variation
  • D- Diameter > 6 mm
  • E- Enlargement & Evolution of lesion

Lichen Planus~


Remember 5 P's
  • Purple
  • Polygonal
  • Pruritic
  • Planar
  • Papules

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Erytema Infectiosum~


  • also known as Fifth disease
  • remember slapped cheek appearance!

Potter's sequence~


  • bilateral renal agenesis
  • causing mother to have oligohydramnios
  • lung hypoplasia

Picture

Howell-Jolly bodies~


  • small,spherical, nuclear remnants
  • seen in the reticulocytes and rarely, erythrocytes of persons who have no spleen (because of congenital asplenia or splenectomy) or poorly functioning spleen (eg in hyposplenism a/w sickle cell disease)

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Noonan's Syndrome~


It is a male version of Turner's Syndrome!

Friday, December 10, 2010

Pyloric Stenosis~

Pocture below shows string sign

After the string sign, there was something like a mushroom. It was called as mushroom sign = kirklin sign.
Always remember hypocloremic, hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis!