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Ellispe of skin? - ragdoll
Posted: Apr 18, 2010
The specimen consists of an [ellipse of skin?] with a stoma of bowel in the center.
Is this right? Does it make sense?
Ellispe of skin? - sheepwhisperer
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I am not sure but I think it should be ellipse of skin. Hope this is right! Have a great evening! :;)
ellipse sounds right - anon
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"Ellipse of skin" or the more common "skin ellipse" are both right. (Sometimes new MTs ask what "skinny lips" means, because it sounds like "skin ellipse". :)
skin ellipse - rqCMT
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Yes, it does. Many times when a lesion is excised, it is done so in an ellipitcal manner (oval shaped), so the specimen would be an ellipse of skin.
Under physical examination
Skin: Flushed, moist, s/l attached, clear, no rashes??? help please with the underlined.
also, under Neurology: Patient is l somewhat lethargic, but arousable and seems to be oriented most or s/l work? Please help with underlined. ...
In the physical exam under derm, the patient has s/l "malaz" on the face. Her only listed diagnosis is fibromyalgia and the rest of her physical exam is normal except she has a dry mouth and erythema around the nail beds. ...
Dr. dictates: "Breast exam shows right breast with a slightly mobile, but obvious, mass below the nipple area with retraction of the nipple inward, and appears to have S/L skin embola but no evidence of ulceration at present."
Please help! ...
Does anyone know what this might be?
It s/l ab-sins.
Thanks in advance.
"Attention was then turned to the left axilla which was prepped with Betadine. Each of the skin tags was grasped with an ___, excised using an 11 blade, and then the base was cauterized for hemostasis." ...
Anyone know this type of skin retractor for excising a lipoma from chest wall? It s/l sins or possibly a-sins.
Thank you!
The skin was retracted using ___ and then later with army-navy, and the lipoma was dissected free from the surrounding structures using blunt dissection and cautery. ...
I need help, please, with a word? Here it goes:
The anterior segment is remarkable for papilloma of the right lower lid as well as a lesion just temporal to the right eye that appears to be an old skin cancer lesion or a (sounds like "mevel.")
Thank you so much! ...
Vacuum-assisted closure. I can't find abbreviation in references, and online it's both ways. Wondering if anyone knows for sure if officially there are periods in it or not (when client preference not stated). ...
This is a Sistrunk procedure: excision of thyroglossal duct cyst. SOUNDS LIKE "skin righted"
sterile drapes were placed using a ____ just below the hyoid bone, which worked out to be a nice location. Incision was carried through the platysma and flaps elevated superiorly and inferiorly.
TIA ! ! ! ! ...
I have a quick question. The doctor is dictating "full skin survey". How would this be transcribed? would it be full-skin survey or what? Thanks for the help. ...
She was considered for protocol therapy, but she had been progressing rapidly and most recently she developed S/L CARTILOL skin involvement while on salvage chemotherapy. ...
In the derm part of this physical exam, the patient has "s/l mediastatious changes in the lower legs." This condition is not referred to anywhere else in the dictation. The patient has diabetes, OA, fibromyalgia, and she is obese. ...
Sentence: At the base of the neck there is s/l bazillious or vazillious hyperpigmented skin.
I feel like I've heard this years ago but can't put my finger on the word or how to spell it. Thanks for any help. ...
I can hear the "k" at the beginning (I think I can hear the "y" at the end) and s/l straight Kelly clamp
The skin tag is on the neck. They apparently use this clamp in plastic surgery procedures but not sure if there's another type that would be more fitting for a simple skin tag removal.
Thanks! ...
New client, need it to be perfect, cannot find anything on this!
She has scattered open comedones on her bilateral canthi representing Favery Rockashaw? or Fallvery Ruckashaw?
HELP! =) ...