List of articles in "Disease" category - Page 178

Swan neck deformity is a deformed position of the finger in which the joint closest to the fingertip is permanently bent toward the palm while the nearest joint to the […]

Esophageal diseases can derive from congenital conditions or they can be acquired later in life.Many people experience a burning sensation in their chest occasionally caused by stomach acids refluxing into […]

Adrenal crisis (also known as Addisonian crisis Acute adrenal insufficiency) is a constellation of symptoms that indicate severe adrenal insufficiency caused by insufficient levels of cortisol. This may be the […]

A musculoskeletal abnormality is a disorder of the musculoskeletal system present at birth.They can be due to deformity or malformation.An example is Klippel-Feil syndrome.Although present at birth some only become […]

Although spinal curvature (or curvature of spine) can refer to the normal concave and convex curvature of the spine in clinical contexts the phrase usually refers to deviations from the […]

Galactosialidosis is a lysosomal storage disease.This condition is rare and most cases have been in the juvenile/adult group of patients. An infantile form has been described.

Ocular albinism is a form of albinism which in contrast to oculocutaneous albinism presents primarily in the eyes. There are multiple forms of ocular albinism which are clinically similar.Both known […]

Acute eosinophilic leukemia (AEL) is a rare subtype of acute myeloid leukemia with 50 to 80 percent of eosinophilic cells in the blood and marrow. It can arise de novo […]

Powassan encephalitis is a form of arbovirus that results from tick bites.

A central nervous system disease can affect either the spinal cord (myelopathy) or brain (encephalopathy) both of which are part of the central nervous system.