MedicoNotebook: April 2014

0 Medical One Liners 351 - 360

351. Causes of Apple core sign femur

synovial chondromatosis (Most common)
pigmented villonodular synovitis
amyloidosis
rheumatoid arthritis

352. Anterior tibial translation/translocation > 7mm is highly suggestive of Anterior cruciate ligament tear.

353. Laryngo-tracheo bronchitis or croup is the commonest cause of tracheal narrowing.

354. Most common primary malignant tumor of parotid gland - Mucoepidermoid carcinoma.

355. Type 3 accessory navicular bone - is called a cornuate navicular.

356. Myoinositol concentrations in brain are abnormally increased in patients with demyelinating disease and alzheimer's. Detected by MR spectriscopy.

357. Morel Lavalle lesion - degloving injury in severe trauma resulting in abrupt separation of the skin and subcutaneous fatty tissue from the underlying fascia.

358. Overproduction of protein and lipid rich material from Type II pneumocytes which is not cleared by lungs - leads to Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.

359. Subpleural lucent line - seen in Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis
Subpleural linear opacities - seen in Asbestosis.

360. Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is indistinguishable to lung involvement in tuberous sclerosis but Chylothorax and chyloperitoneum are common in LAM.

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0 Medical One Liners 341 - 350

341. Primary amyloid can cause an inflammatory response in lungs. This does not happen in case of secondary amyloid.

342. Drugs which can cause eosinophilia and pulmonary infiltrates- Penicillin, sulfonamides, methotrexate, asprin, nitrofurantoin, PAS.

343. The cytotoxic drugs have fibrogenic effect. This is enhanced by radiotherapy and high levels of inspired oxygen.

344. Intra renal calculi are usually asymptomatic. But an intra renal calculus can obstruct at the level of infundibulum and present with pain.

345. Shiny corner sign is seen in Ankylosing spondylitis.

346. MRI is the modality of choice in the assessment of glutaric aciduria type 1

347. Most common offending vessel in vascular loop compression -