ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER
Acute rheumatic fever is an acute post streptococcal immune mediated multisystem inflammatory disease. It occurs 2 to 6 weeks after an episode of group A streptococcal pharyngitis. The disease occurs
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Seminomas are the most common testicular germ cell tumors accounting to around 50 % of the germ cell tumors. Seminomas are are histologically identical to ovarian dysgerminomas and germinomas, which
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GIANT CELL TUMOR- BONE Giant cell tumor (GCT) also referred to as osteoclastoma is a locally aggressive neoplasm characterized by large numbers of osteoclast-type giant cells, uniformly distributed in
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It is a chronic granulomatous inflammation of the lymph node with the presence of caseation necrosis. It is caused by infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is one of the most common
Read MoreCHRONIC VENOUS CONGESTION – LUNG
Congestion Versus Hyperemia Congestion: it is a passive process which results due to impaired outflow of venous blood from a tissue Should not be confused with hyperemia. Hyperemia is an active
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Actinomycosis is a chronic, suppurative granulomatous inflammation caused by Actinomyces israelli. Actinomyces israelli is a filamentous gram positive organism of genus Actinobacteria. It is a normal
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Rhinoscleroma is an infectious chronic granulomatous disease of the upper respiratory tract caused by Klebsiella. rhinoscleromatis. Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis is an immotile, short, encapsulated,
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Rhinospoiridiosis It is a chronic granulomatous disease caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi which belong to class Mesomycetozoea . Mesomycetozoea, are new group of microorganisms which lie in between
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