Medicogram
16/08/2023
Ileostomy:
leostomy is a surgical opening constructed by bringing the distal end of small intestine (the ileum) out onto the surface of the skin, Intestinal waste passes out of the ileostomy stoma and is collected in an artificial external pouching system which is adhered to the skin (as in the photo above).
Ileostomies are usually sited above the groin on the right hand side of the abdomen.
•So why ileostomy.?
lleostomy is performed in diseases of the large intestine which may require its surgical removal including Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, familial adenomatous polyposis, total colonic Hirschsprung's disease and colorectal cancer.
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10/08/2023
Here X-ray of a contortionist performing an exercise.
What you're looking at is an x-ray of an individual in an extreme pose of spinal extension!
Contortionists excel at extreme physical flexibility. They twists and bends their body into strange and unnatural positions.
Note how the thoracic spine stayed almost completely straight.
Contortionists, gymnasts, dancers, yogis, all of these athletes excel at their sport with exceptional spinal flexibility. But at what cost?
The spine forms the central axis of the skeleton, supports the skull, and gives attachment to the thoracic cage, pectoral girdle, and upper limb. It combines strength with great flexibility as it has many joints close together.
Movements of the spine are possible due to intervertebral discs, and with the fulcrum of movement occurring primarily around the nucleus pulposus. Specialized motion occurs at the atlanto-occipital and atlantoaxial joints, which do not contain a disc.
Flexion and extension are common to all parts of the spine; a significant degree of flexion/extension can be achieved at the atlanto-occipital joint, cervical and lumbar spine, but is restricted in the thoracic spine.
Lateral flexion is free at the atlanto-occipital joint, cervical and lumbar spine, but less free in the thoracic spine.
Rotation is greatest at the specialized atlantoaxial articulations, and to a lesser degree in the cervical and lumbar spine.
A medical publication from 2008 suggests that long-term damage to the spine is common in long-term contortion practitioners. A study of five practitioners using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) by Peoples et al, documented limbus vertebrae, intervertebral disc bulges, and disc degeneration. Three of the five practitioners also reported back pain.
So such activities are never to be practiced without excellent skills.
10/08/2023
Caput medusae:
Engorged veins throughout the abdomen!
This is Caput medusae, also called the palm tree sign, which is the appearance of distended and engorged superficial epigastric veins, which are seen radiating from the umbilicus across the abdomen.
Caput medusae is essentially seen in patients with progressive and severe portal hypertension, a condition defined as elevation of the hepatic venous pressure gradient to >5mmHg (the normal pressure), which occurs as a consequence of cirrhosis.
The mechanism includes increased intrahepatic resistance to the passage of blood flow through the liver together with increased splanchnic blood flow due to vasodilatation within the splanchnic vascular bed.
The increased pressure is transmitted to collateral venous channels which are dilated and seen on the abdominal skin.
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09/08/2023
Hemopericardium : Blood in the pericardial sac of the heart.
This is demonstrated by the dark blood in the pericardial sac opened at autopsy.
Penetrating trauma or massive blunt force trauma to the chest causes a rupture of the myocardium and/or coronary arteries with bleeding into the pericardial cavity.
The extensive collection of blood in this closed space leads to cardiac tamponade. A pericardiocentesis, with needle inserted into the pericardial cavity, can be a diagnostic procedure.
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