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Percutaneous nephrostomy placement performed in the Radiology Department at Children's Hospital Boston is performed with the use of image guidance (ultrasound or x-ray fluoroscopy).
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Cutaneous allodynia: Pain resulting from an innocuous stimulus to normal skin or scalp. The stumulus that triggers allodynia is not normally painful.
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CUTANEOUS LARVA MIGRANS - Also known as "creeping eruption." This condition results from infection of the human skin by the larvae of the dog and cat hookworm, A. brasiliense. The result is a red, raised, tunnel on the surface of the skin.
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Cutaneous candidiasis
Definition:
Cutaneous candidiasis is an infection of the skin caused by the fungus candida.
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Cutaneous Anthrax
Anthrax is contracted through contact with animals. The cutaneous form is transmitted through a break in the skin and spreads through the bloodstream, causing shock and collapse. Timely treatment with antibiotics is effective.
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Percutaneous Liver Biopsy
How do I prepare my child for a Liver Biopsy?
Will my child stay overnight in the hospital?
What can we expect after the biopsy?
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Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
Dr Trisha Macnair
Many people around the world get pain relief from a technique called transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (Tens). But experts in the UK are sceptical about its use.
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Percutaneous ethanol injection is a cancer treatment in which a small needle is used to inject ethanol (alcohol) directly into a tumor to kill cancer cells. This procedure is also called intratumoral ethanol injection.
Biologic therapy ...
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Cutaneous (skin) anthrax causes a characteristic sore on the skin and results from exposure to the spores after handling sick animals or contaminated animal wool, hair, hides, or bone meal products.
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Cutaneous anthrax
In humans, anthrax usually occurs when the spores enter a cut or abrasion, causing a skin (cutaneous) infection at the site. Cutaneous anthrax, as this infection is called, is the mildest and most common form of the disease.
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Cutaneous diphtheria is usually treated by cleansing the wound thoroughly with soap and water, and giving the patient antibiotics for 10 days.
Supportive care ...
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CUTANEOUS: Of, pertaining to, or affecting the skin.
CXCR4: Also known as fusin, CXCR4 is a G-protein-linked chemokine receptor. A variety of CD4+ and CD4- cells, including those from the spleen, brain, and lungs, express CXCR4.
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Percutaneous coronary intervention. Also known as angioplasty or stent placement, this is a common treatment for severe blockage of the coronary arteries. Only a small cut is required in your skin to put the catheter into the blood vessel.
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Percutaneous surgery: uses a needle, usually under radiological (X-ray) guidance
Endoscopic-assisted drainage: uses an endoscope (a tube containing a camera device with a light) to locate the pseudocyst
Prognosis:
The outcome is good with treatment.
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Subcutaneous rheumatoid nodules appear in about one-quarter of cases. Nodules are firm, pea-sized masses made up of inflammatory by-products and scar tissue.
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Percutaneous ultrasonic lithotripsy - A narrow tubelike instrument is passed through a small incision in the back to the kidney, where ultrasound breaks up the kidney stones. The stone fragments are then removed.
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Percutaneous nephrolithotomy
In this procedure, the surgeon makes a tiny incision in the back and creates a tunnel directly into the kidney. Using an instrument called a nephroscope, the surgeon locates and removes the stone.
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percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage
A procedure to drain bile to relieve pressure in the bile ducts caused by a blockage. An x-ray of the liver and bile ducts locates the blockage of bile flow.
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percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (PENS) See PENS.
percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) Process by which an angioplasty balloon is inserted percutaneously into the arterial system and advanced to the area of stenosis, ...
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A percutaneous kidney biopsy is done by inserting a long needle through the back (flank) to remove a sample of kidney tissue.
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Neurocutaneous Syndromes - A group of disorders characterized by ectodermal-based malformations and neoplastic growths in the skin, nervous system, and other organs.
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In the cutaneous, or skin, form of the disease, which is not usually fatal to humans, the bacillus enters the skin through a scratch, cut, or sore.
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The name of mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome is quite descriptive because the disease is characterized by the typical changes in the mucus membranes that line the lips and mouth and by the enlarged and tender lymph glands.
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passionist; passive; passive agglutination; passive-aggressive behaviour; passive-aggressive personality; passive-aggressive personality disorder; passive anaphylaxis; passive atelectasis; passive clot; passive congestion; passive cutaneous ...
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Many authors have found an increased risk for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Except in anecdotal reports, malignant melanoma had not been observed in patients treated with PUVA until recently. In the U.S.A.
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Meralgia paresthetica (also known as "lateral femoral cutaneous nerve entrapment" or "femoral cutaneous nerve syndrome") results from pressure or constriction on the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve of the thigh.
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She is currently editing "Principles and Practices of Cutaneous Laser Therapy", a comprehensive textbook of laser surgery. Dr. Kauvar has made original research contributions in all aspects of cutaneous surgery.
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Answer: Cellulitis produces inflammation of the skin and the subcutaneous or connective tissue immediately beneath it. This process begins with an infection that causes swelling and redness in the area.
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Cutaneous Candidiasis (Yeast Infection of the Skin and Mucous Membranes)
Cutaneous Larvae Migrans (Creeping Eruption)
CVA (Hemorrhagic Stroke)
CVA (Stroke)
Cyanotic Heart Disease
Cystic Fibrosis
Cystine Stone Disease (Cystinuria)
Cystinuria ...
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A vascular reaction involving the deep dermis or subcutaneous or submucal tissues, the histological features of which include vasodilation , superficial (papillary) dermal edema , increased permeability of the capillaries , ...
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Obstructive causes are treated with surgical correction (vasoepididymostomy or vasovasostomy) or percutaneous, microsurgical or biopsy-derived sperm to be used for in vitro fertilization (IVF) with intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).
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GENERAL METHOD"Combat lung and visceral congestion by maintaining warmth and activity of the whole cutaneous surface, giving special attention to the lower extremities so as to divert blood away from the cranial and pulmonary cavities.
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Your health care provider may perform a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to open the blockage of your coronary artery during the procedure.
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Vasculitis - allergic hypersensitivity; Cutaneous Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis
Causes ...
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In the United States granuloma inguinale is a rarely encountered sexually-transmitted disease that results in surface destruction and granuloma formation in the skin and subcutaneous tissue.
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Subcutaneous injection Into the fatty tissue under the skin. Interferon A naturally produced chemical released by the body in response to viral infections. Interferon can be artificially produced and used as a form of immunotherapy.
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