List of articles in "Disease" category - Page 233

Coxa valga is a deformity of the hip where the angle formed between the head and neck of the femur and its shaft is increased usually above 135 degrees. It […]

Pentosuria is a condition where the sugar xylitol a pentose presents in the urine in unusually high concentrations. It was characterized as an inborn error of carbohydrate metabolism in 1908. […]

Renal glycosuria also known as renal glucosuria is a rare condition in which the simple sugar glucose is excreted in the urine despite normal or low blood glucose levels. With […]

Idiopathic giant-cell myocarditis (IGCM) is a cardiovascular disease. The condition is rare; however it is often fatal and there is no proven cure because of the unknown nature of the […]

Aggressive NK-cell leukemia is a disease with an aggressive systemic proliferation of natural killer cells (NK cells) and a rapidly declining clinical course.It is also called aggressive NK-cell lymphoma.

Overjet refers to the extent of horizontal (anterior-posterior) overlap of the maxillary central incisors over the mandibular central incisors.

Reflux nephropathy RN is a term applied when small and scarred kidneys (chronic pyelonephritis CPN) are associated with vesico-ureteric reflux (VUR). CPN being the most common cause there are other […]

Purine nucleoside phosphorylase deficiency often called PNP-deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder which results in severe combined immunodeficiency.

Bird fancier’s lung is a type of hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by bird droppings. The lungs become inflamed with granuloma formation.Bird Fancier’s Lung (BFL) also called bird-breeder’s lung and pigeon-breeder’s lung […]

Large granular lymphocytic leukemia is a disease that exhibits an unexplained chronic (> 6 months) elevation in large granular lymphocytes (LGLs) in the peripheral blood.It is sometimes known as T-cell […]