Translation glossary: Medical

"HALLAZGOS ENDOSCOPICOS: Laringe, tráquea, carina traqueal, bronquio principal derecho, lobar superior, hasta su división, intermediario, lobar medio hasta su división, lobar inferior, apical del lóbulo inferior, pacardiaco y basales con los siguientes hallazgos: el tercio distal de tráquea se muestra libre. La vertiente derecha de la carina traqueal aparece infiltrada en la porción más posterior. Se observa la salida del resto del árbol LSD con una mucosa de características normales al igual que el resto del árbol bronquial que no aparece infiltrado."

Answerer:
... bronchiectasis also occur, usually when motion artifact, often in the paracardiac zones of the lung, creates "double-vessel" images that are reminiscent of the ... 
www.radiology.wisc.edu/staff/Chest/Kuhlman/Evaluation%20of%20Bronchiectasis-Kuhlman.html

Cf. Radiografía de toráx tomada al ingreso a esta institución en donde se observan infiltrados bilaterales, en forma de masa uno de los cuales el paracardiaco izquierdo tiene una cavitación en su interior.

packing

Empaquetamiento / Embalaje

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panfocal

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Pasante en el servicio de

Intern at the Kinesiology Service

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pasante forjado y colado

prefabricated and cast posts / cores

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PCA

(bomba de) PCA / anestesia controlada por el paciente

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pen-grasp

agarre

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per first film

primera consulta / placa

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percentage of oxygen in the blood

porcentaje de oxígeno en la sangre

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percussive tech high frequency intrapulmonary percussive device

Técnica de percusión de alta frecuencia

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Percutaneous Pin Fixation

Fijación percutánea con clavos

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carcinoma grading (lesions/nodal involvement)

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pinzamiento del seno costofrénico

blunting of the costophrenic angle // costophrenic angle blunting / narrowing of / obliteration of

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Answerer:
MJ, 
Aquí el significado es que el seno (ángulo) costofrénico derecho está parcialmente borrado y por lo tanto reducido, de ahí lo de "pinzamiento", como si alguien le hubiera puesto un "clip" o alfiler al seno para disminuir su tamaño.

En inglés, para indicar la reducción del seno costofrénico, se usa el término blunting.

The authors developed a computerized method for delineating the costophrenic angles in digital posteroanterior chest radiographs to derive quantitative information that allows for detection of abnormal **blunting of the costophrenic angle**.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: An automated lung-segmentation scheme was used, and small regions of interest were placed in the approximate position of the costophrenic angles in 600 clinical posteroanterior chest radiographs to define a subimage for further analysis. The diaphragmatic aspect of the costophrenic angle was delineated based on column-wise contrast information, and the costal aspect was delineated based on row-wise gray-level maxima. The angle formed by the convergence of these two aspects provided the basis for assessing abnormality. Curve fitting was then performed on these segments to form a continuous costophrenic angle delineation. RESULTS: The computer-determined angles for 1,166 hemithoraces were compared with independent diagnostic assessments by a radiologist. An encouraging level of agreement was found between these two measurements, with the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve attaining a value of 0.83.

CONCLUSION: This delineation method enhances the automated lung-segmentation scheme. Quantitative information obtained from the costophrenic angles can be used for automatic evaluation of the presence of **costophrenic angle blunting**, which may indicate the presence of pleural effusion.
 
http://www.grupoaran.com/ediciones_aran/revistas/Reumatologia/2001/

pitting

edema con fovea / (pequeñas) depresiones

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