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0 - ArchivalUser - 04-04-2012
Woohoo! Finished GI path from FA. Going to grab something to eat and take a few minutes of break and start pathoma for GI.
FA is such an awesome book. So little content, yet so many connections!
0 - ArchivalUser - 04-04-2012
White Stuff in the Mouth - DD
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(1) Leukoplakia - plaque CANNOT be scrapped off
(2) Oral candidiasis - CAN be scrapped off
(3) Hairy leukoplakia - rough patch on lateral tongue
0 - ArchivalUser - 04-04-2012
Boerhaave syndrome may result in air in the mediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema; which is air underneath skin .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Subcutaneous_emphysema_abdomen_arrows2.jpg
I did not know this!!!
0 - ArchivalUser - 04-04-2012
Omphalocele - herniated intestines covered by peritoneum, BUT of the peritoneum and amnion of the UMBILICAL CORD!
0 - ArchivalUser - 04-04-2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5BjH-ohrzY
That's a cool video of a child with pyloric stenosis and presents with visible peristalsis. Check it out!
0 - ArchivalUser - 04-04-2012
Pathogenicity of Celiac Disease
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Gliadin is absorbed --> deamidated by tissue transglutaminase --> presented by APC via MHC II --> activates helper T cells --> tissue damage
0 - ArchivalUser - 04-04-2012
Didn't finish off liver and gall bladder pathology yet, will work on it tomorrow!
0 - ArchivalUser - 04-05-2012
good morn
reviewing uw block ..
@anyone ..
can anyone pls explain why reserpine( which depletes NE and other NT s in the n. terminal ) causes increased gastric aci secretion .. uw q id 1999
0 - ArchivalUser - 04-05-2012
Just starting my day, going to work on hepatobiliary! Last GI video!
0 - ArchivalUser - 04-05-2012
Finished the video. I haven't had breakfast yet, so going to do that now!