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Perineum Anatomy - Perineal Triangles and Muscles
 - Urogenital Triangle
 - Anal Triangle

By @rev.med

#Perineum #Anatomy #Perineal
Perineum Anatomy ... Triangles and Muscles ... rev.med #Perineum #Anatomy ... Perineal #Triangles #Muscles ... #gynecology #urology
Biceps Reflex - Myoedema and Delayed Relaxation in Hypothyroidism - Physical Examination

Myotonia due to muscle edema,
Myotonia due to muscle ... #PhysicalExam #endocrinology ... #neurology #myotonia
Hyperthyroidism – symptoms and signs. 

Symptoms:

Weight loss, Increased appetite, Irritability/behaviour change, Restlessness, Malaise, Stiffness, Muscle weakness,
Malaise, Stiffness, Muscle ... fibrillation, Full pulse ... myopathy, Proximal muscle ... Signs #Diagnosis #Endocrinology
Hypothyroid Myopathy
Very common (up to 80% ) in patients with hypothyroidism
Pathophysiology:
 • T4 deficiency leads to
hypothyroidism Pathophysiology ... slow-twitching Type I muscle ... proximal myopathy → Muscle ... Hypothyroid #Myopathy #pathophysiology ... signs #symptoms #endocrinology
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
• Progressive muscle ... spasm - axial muscles ... • Excessive muscle ... - sustained muscle ... and antagonist muscles
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
Heat Cramps: • Muscle ... Organ involvement: Muscles ... - Persistent muscle ... mouth, Thirst, Muscle ... cramps, Loss of muscle
Priapism: Pathogenesis

 - Post-cavernosal venous occlusion -> Post-cavernosal venous drainage is mechanically obstructed e.g. sickle cell
Trabecular smooth muscle ... artery smooth muscle ... Trabecular smooth muscle ... artery smooth muscle ... #Priapism #Pathophysiology
Graves’ Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
B & T lymphocyte mediated autoimmunity attack TSH receptor -> Continuous
proptosis - Muscle ... GravesDisease #pathophysiology ... #endocin #endocrinology
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Medications
Aging
 -> Increased Testosterone -> Testosterone metabolized into DHT by type
Bladder smooth-muscle ... prostate smooth-muscle ... prostate smooth-muscle ... prostate smooth-muscle ... prostate smooth-muscle
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... Fairly symmetric muscle ... respiratory and bulbar muscles ... • Respiratory Muscle ... management #treatment #neurology