start with short introduction and then
-definition
- etiology?:
*age
*sex
*incidence: ما تقلش إلا إذا كنت متأكد من النسبة
*predisposing factors
*precipitating factors
- pathology?:
*etiology: see before
*naked eye appearance: size, site, cut section, appearance
*microscopic picture:
in malignancy, you should describe microscopic features of maliganancy:
hyperchromatosis, increased nucleic:cytoplasmic ratio, prominient nuclei, pleomorphism
complications:
including spread of malignancy: direct, lymphatic, blood, transcelomic(in abdominal tumors)
clinical picture?:
*age
*sex
*incidence
*symptoms:
-general: e.g. general costitutional manifestations
-local: e.g. pain swelling in breast and axilla
*signs:
-general: including vital signs'pulse, BB, RR, temp'
-local
*Differential Diagnosis: just enumeration
Differential diagnosis?:
first:enumerate differnt causes for the condition
the order of enumeration: start either with
-the most common
-the most serious
-anatomical: skin, SC , Nerve, Vessel, muscles ,... etc
-etiology: congenital, inflammatory , neoplastic ... etc
then: the most common and the most important items, write about 3 lines for diiferentiation; history, C/P, investigation
Investigations?:
-laboratory
-radiological
-endoscopies
-biopsy
-others
treatment:
-surgical
-non surgical
management?:
diagnosis: C/P, investigations, DD
treatment