Tonsillectomy
Tonsillectomy is the name of the surgical procedure performed to remove the tonsils , which are two small glands located in the back of the throat. They make white blood cells to fight infection, but sometimes …
Surgery Study Notes
Surgery Category Contains all types of Surgery study notes for students and teachers.
Adhesions
Adhesions . They are bands of fibrous tissue. They can attach the intestinal loops to each other, to nearby organs, or to the wall of the abdomen . They can pull the intestinal sections out of …
Sebaceous adenoma
Sebaceous adenoma (AS). It is a rare benign tumor , composed of incompletely differentiated sebaceous lobes, which usually occurs solitary on the face of older people. Summary [ hide ] 1 Aetiopathogenesis 2 Classification 3 Clinic 4 Histopathology 5 Differential diagnosis 6 Treatment …
Pleomorphic adenoma
Pleomorphic adenoma . It is the most frequent benign tumor of the salivary and parotid glands. Its name derives from the pleomorphism in its constitution, that is, its greatly variable appearance, when viewed …
Bronchial adenoma
Bronchial adenoma. This name includes several types of tumors that affect the lung . They originate in the cells of the mucosa of the bronchi and their glands . They occur infrequently, as they correspond to only 1% of all lung cancer . Although they …
Retropharyngeal abscess
Retropharyngeal abscess. Pathological entity very rare nowadays due to antibiotherapy. It can often go unnoticed in its initial stages, despite the typical symptoms it usually causes. The diagnostic delay favors both the …
Lung abscess
Lung abscess : Suppuration of pus in a part of the lung caused by an infectious process. Summary [ hide ] 1 Definition 2 History 3 Etiology 4 Classification 1 By the time of evolution of the symptoms: …