Saturday 16 July 2011

management of benign breast condition

the basic is still triple assessment
crucial point is when to do operation
it is just a guide, detail still need to refer to local center protocol

Wednesday 13 July 2011

carcinoma of unknown origin

recently there are few cases of these
pt presented with metastatic CA, but unknown of primary
CT scan and biopsy are needed
then will be a challenge for pathologist to interprete this

Sunday 10 July 2011

breast anatomy


in breast posting under prof yip
her first question is always be: tell me the anatomy of breast
then 2nd question is: what is triple assessment

Saturday 2 July 2011

morbid obesity

obesity is a major problem in the world now
there was a 200kg patient came to ED
and we found that even the normal bed cannot be fitted

anorectal benign disease

anorectal benign disease is far more common than carcinoma/ cancer of the region
1 of the painful experience of colorectal surgeon is: have to do per rectal examination of all his patient
(perhaps some of them enjoy it..)
anyway, that the summary of all the common benign disease