Wilson's disease: (for Dr. House fans)
Remember Dr. House, Wilson and Thirteen?
William syndrome:
If you read the 2nd part of the word William, it is: I AM. When you re-arrange it: I AM WILL.
Hello!
Here's a post on the association between renal stones and pH of urine.
Which stones form in acidic urine?
Mnemonic: It's pretty simple, stones which have "weak acids" as a component.
Uric ACID
Calcium oxalate (Oxalic ACID)
Cysteine (Which is an Amino ACID)
PS: This is just a mnemonic.
Which stones form in alkaline urine?
Calcium Phosphate
Magnesium Ammonium Phosphate
That's all!
-IkaN
Atherosclerosis location mnemonic
"A Cholesterol Plaque In Circles"
Most commonly involved vessels in decreasing order is:
Abdominal Aorta (especially around ostia - openings of major branches)
Coronary Artery
Popliteal Artery
Internal Carotid (especially at carotid sinus)
- Submitted by Murad
Here are some fun facts about Ocular Toxoplasmosis and HIV!
Ocular toxoplasmosis usually causes a retinal lesion with inflammation, giving the classical "headlight in the fog" appearance.
Headlight is the lesion and the fog is due to the inflammation (WBCs).
HIV being an immunodeficient condition, there are lesser number of WBCs and hence there's no fog - Just the headlight.
The drug of choice for treatment of ocular toxoplasmosis is pyrimethamine.
However, it is contraindicated in pregnancy and HIV due to the risk of megaloblastic anemia and neural tube defects, respectively.
In pregnancy, spiramycin is preferred.
In HIV, the preferred drugs are clindamycin, azithromycin or quinolones.
- Written by Dr²