List of articles in "Disease" category - Page 199

Osteopoikilosis is a benign autosomal dominant sclerosing dysplasia of bone characterized by the presence of numerous bone islands in the skeleton.The radiographic appearance of osteopoikilosis on an x-ray is characterized […]

Melorheostosis is a medical developmental disorder and mesenchymal dysplasia in which the bony cortex widens and becomes hyperdense in a sclerotomal distribution.

On 28 June 1981 (the 7th of Tir 1360 (Hafte Tir – هفت تیر) in the Iranian calendar) a powerful bomb went off at the headquarters of the Iran Islamic […]

Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) is a form of thyroid carcinoma which originates from the parafollicular cells (C cells) which produce the hormone calcitonin.Medullary tumors are the third most common of […]

Follicular thyroid cancer accounts for 15% of thyroid cancer and occurs more commonly in women over 50 years of age. Thyroglobulin (Tg) can be used as a tumor marker for […]

A respiratory tract neoplasm is a tumor that affects a portion of the respiratory tract. Most occur in the thorax.Examples of the disease include laryngeal cancer and lung cancer.

Digestive system neoplasms are tumors which affect the digestive system. Types include: esophageal cancer gastric cancer small intestinal cancer colorectal cancer anal cancer

An ossifying fibromyxoid tumour is a type of myxoma. It presents in the extremities more frequently than the trunk. It is derived from mesenchyme. Appearance in the head and neck […]

An obturator hernia is a rare type of abdominal wall hernia in which abdominal content protrudes through the obturator foramen. Because of differences in anatomy it is much more common […]

Hidrocystoma (also known as cystadenoma a Moll’s gland cyst and a sudoriferous cyst) is an adenoma of the sweat glands.Hidrocystomas are cysts of sweat ducts usually on the eyelids.