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30 y/o Man with the suspect of HIV infection presented at the emergency room with respiratory symptoms. At the first image are shown changes at the thoracic wall. In the chest x -ray the mediastinum is enlarged.
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50 y/o woman history of respiratory simptoms.
Pemphigus and bullous pemphigoid. 70 y/o woman with cutaneous lesions
1 Comment Published by Gerardo, M.D. December 14th, 2005 in Medical ImagesThis woman has this cutaneous lesions distributed all over the body. She has history of vitiligo.
Pemphigus and bullous pemphigoid.
These are autoimmune blistering diseases. They are caracterized by the production of antibodies directed against different epitopes, resulting in intraepidermal blistering in pemphigus and subepidermal blistering in pemphigoid. The term pemphigus comes from […]
A friend from the “INER” National Institute for respiratory diseases, show me this image. It was taken after a extraction from bronchoscopy in a man with atelectasis of the lung.
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Gerardo Morales, M.D.
Surgical treatment for ingrowing toenail
7 Comments Published by Gerardo, M.D. December 13th, 2005 in Medical ImagesThe patient is a young man with onychocryptosis secondary to overweight. At the images below a matricectomy with remotion of soft tissue are shown. This procedure is performed bedside in few minutes and only need local anesthesia. The goal is to release the nail from the surrounding tissue.
Gerardo Morales, M.D.
CT Guided percutaneous needle biopsy of pulmonary masses
2 Comments Published by Gerardo, M.D. December 12th, 2005 in Medical ImagesCT
What if an earthquake destroys Tlalpan?
3 Comments Published by Gerardo, M.D. December 12th, 2005 in Med GadgetsAt Mexico City The village of Tlalpan at the south of the city concentrates aproximately 80% of specialized medical atention in the country. At the image from a Satellital view are identified some very important hospitals that are at walking distance in a residential zone.
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Gerardo, M.D.
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A rare thoracic tumor
3 Comments Published by Gerardo, M.D. December 8th, 2005 in Fast Facts, Medical Images50 y/o male with a history of one year with respiratory symptoms, he was diagnosed treated at Guatemala where he lives. Now he comes to Mexico City seeking for a second opinion and other options of therapy. At the physical examination he is well, has diminished breath sounds and just sinus tachycardia. […]


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