Buzz Words Flashcards
1
Q
Canon ball nets
A
most common: renal cell cancer
Testicular cancer (choriocarcinoma)
prostate cancer
2
Q
PR depression
A
Pericarditis
3
Q
Eyeball rolls up on closure of the eye
A
Bell’s phenomenon
4
Q
How do statins work?
A
HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors
This enzyme is in the pathway to synthesise cholesterol
5
Q
woody hard irregular thyroid gland
A
Reidel’s thyroxitis - IgG4 related disease —- infiltrative sense fibrosis
6
Q
Opiate overdose vs withdraw
A
Withdraw - methadone
Overdose - naloxone
