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Ballooning degeneration

Ballooning degeneration of hepatocytes (Click on image for an enlarged view – Image by Nephron) Type of hepatocyte death Form of apoptosis Seen in hepatocytes infected with certain
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Causes of renal papillary necrosis

Diabetes mellitus – several papillae affected, all of same stage, rarely calcify Analgesic nephropathy – almost all papillae affected, different stage of necrosis,calcification frequent Sickle cell disease –
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Kveim test

Skin test to detect sarcoidosis Intracutaneous injection of spleen extract of patient with sarcoidosis (Kveim antigen) Positive result – granulomas found 4-6 weeks later False negative – corticosteroid
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Ward's Triangle

Area of the femoral neck formed by the intersection of 3 bundles of trabeculae primary compressive trabeculae medially primary tensile and secondary compressive trabeculae laterally It is an
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