A patient's delayed cancer diagnosis led to a medical malpractice lawsuit against her primary care doctor and endocrinologist ...

No one palpated the subtly swelling bridge of my nose. In fact, no one touched my face at all. Knees covered with blood ...

I recently dealt with a bovine case of swelling under the jaw, and it wasn’t what I expected.
 As a result, I would like to ...

As adjuncts to what is seen with the eyes or palpated with the hands, numerous diagnostic tools offer key information in making a diagnosis. Four common methods used to treat lesions are ...

The vaginal mucosa is dissected free until a finger can be inserted retropubically and the arcus tendineus can be palpated. Sutures are placed through the arcus tendineus and then through the ...

It is named for its function. The trunk is divided into three "burning spaces" or "jiaos." The upper burning space, palpated in the chest region above the level of the thoracic diaphragm, contains the ...

A Kellyville woman went to the hospital for a spider bite and left with a cancer diagnosis. When Sabrena Jones got the spider bite, she didn't think it was too serious and didn't even want to go to ...

A complete head and neck examination is performed. The salivary glands are inspected and palpated for tumor size, consistency, and mobility relative to adjacent tissues. The neck is examined for ...

A giant coronary artery aneurysm was suspected and a surgical resection was performed. The mass was attached to the atrial septal wall and was palpated in the right atrium with a feeding artery from ...

Her menstrual cycle length was 28 days, and she experienced slight menstrual pain. A soft, movable mass was palpated in the right adnexal region of the uterus on pelvic examination. Her routine full ...

Both knees had painless small effusions. Other joints showed no signs of inflammation and no nodules were palpated. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate was increased at 55 mm in the first hour. Except ...

Signs of pancreatitis include vomiting, pain when the abdomen is palpated, assuming the praying position, loss of appetite, diarrhea, dehydration, lethargy and weakness. Pancreatitis requires prompt ...