Hypercoagulability in pregnancy is the propensity of pregnant women to develop thrombosis (blood clots). Pregnancy itself is a factor of hypercoagulability (pregnancy-induced hypercoagulability) as a physiologically adaptive mechanism to prevent […]
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Myxedema coma
Myxedema coma is a state of decompensated hypothyroidism. The patient may have lab values identical to a normal hypothyroid state but a stressful event (infections MI stroke drugs etc.) precipitates […]
Cystic eyeball
Congenital cystic eye (also known as CCE or cystic eyeball) is an extremely rare ocular malformation where the eye fails to develop correctly in utero and is replaced by benign […]
Leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter
Leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter (VWM disease) is an autosomal recessive neurological disease. The cause of the disease are mutations in any of the 5 genes encoding subunits of the […]
Fallopian tube obstruction
Fallopian tube obstruction is a major cause of female infertility. Blocked fallopian tubes are unable to let the ovum and the sperm converge thus making fertilization impossible. Fallopian Tubes are […]
Tram accident
A tram accident is generally an accident in which a tram is involved (see tram in picture 1). When general traffic safety is evaluated as in traffic accident statistics any […]
Nephronophthisis
Nephronophthisis is a genetic disorder of the kidneys which affects children. It is classified as a medullary cystic kidney disease. The disorder is inherited in an autosomal recessive fashion and […]
White piedra
White piedra (or tinea blanca) is a mycosis of the hair caused by several species of fungi in the genus Trichosporon. It is characterized by soft nodules composed of yeast […]
Noncompaction cardiomyopathy
Non-compaction cardiomyopathy (NCC) also called spongiform cardiomyopathy is a rare congenital cardiomyopathy that affects both children and adults. It results from the failure of myocardial development during embryogenesis.During development the […]
Myokymia
Myokymia (from the Greek -mŷs – “muscle” + kŷm -kŷmia – something swollen or -kŷmos – wave) is an involuntary spontaneous localised quivering of a few muscles or bundles within […]