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Diseases of the Biliary Tract
Asymptomatic gallstones - Asymptomatic
Symptomatic gallstones - Biliary pain
Cholesterolosis of gallbladder - Usually
Adenomyomatosis - May cause ... quadrant pain, nausea ... fever, Murphy sign ... #differential #diagnosis ... #surgery #tract
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Equina Syndrome Causes ... lumbar spine Signs ... immediate MRI and surgery ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #symptoms #signs
Cullen's sign. Lipase 1,781. Bruising in the skin around the umbilicus. This sign is named after
conditions that cause ... pregnancy, or other causes ... Diagnosis and Context ... is not diagnostic ... #IM #FM #ICU #surgery
Trendelenburg Gait: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Skeletal Pathology of the Hip
 • Arthritis
 • Congenital hip dysplasia
Iatrogenic • Hip surgery ... pathophysiology #causes ... #symptoms #signs ... #diagnosis #msk
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
cardiothoracic surgery ... tube ❹ Rapid diagnosis ... • Diagnostic ... examination and vital signs ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Summary table of common benign breast diseases and how to manage them. 
Fibroadenoma:
 • Most common
bruising/erythema/sign ... mastitis • Usually caused ... #differential #diagnosis ... #surgery #causes
Adhesive Capsulitis (Frozen Shoulder) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Primary (Idiopathic): Unknown etiology, but associated
post shoulder surgery ... a stroke that caused ... after breast/heart surgery ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #symptoms #signs
Intraoperative Circulatory Embolus - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Causes: thrombus, fat, amniotic fluid, air/gas.
Signs: hypotension, tachycardia,
in Anaesthesia Causes ... Signs: hypotension ... consult vascular surgeon ... N2O • Tell surgeon ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Rare Causes of Abdominal ... Positive Carnett's sign ... Hernias - Past surgery ... radicular pain #Rare #Causes ... #differential #diagnosis
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
of more of the signs ... non-essential surgery ... chlorhexidine as cause ... as a possible cause ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis