List of articles in "Disease" category - Page 246

Diphyllobothriasis is the infection caused by the tapeworm Diphyllobothrium.

Breast diseases can be classified either with disorders of the integument or disorders of the reproductive system. A majority of breast diseases are noncancerous.Breast awareness is a goal of the […]

A scaphoid fracture a fracture of the scaphoid bone also known as the carpal navicular is the most common type of carpal bone fracture. Scaphoid fractures usually cause pain at […]

Thyroid dyshormonogenesis (or dyshormogenetic goiter) is a rare condition due to genetic defects in the synthesis of thyroid hormones.Patients develop hypothyroidism with a goitre.

Postpartum thyroiditis is a phenomenon observed following pregnancy and may involve hyperthyroidism hypothyroidism or the two sequentially. It affects about 5% of all women within a year after giving birth. […]

Meckel syndrome (also known as Meckel–Gruber Syndrome Gruber Syndrome Dysencephalia Splanchnocystica) is a rare lethal ciliopathic genetic disorder characterized by renal cystic dysplasia central nervous system malformations (occipital encephalocele) polydactyly […]

The foreign body granuloma is a response of biological tissue to any foreign material in the tissue. Tissue-encapsulation of an implant is part of this. An infection around a splinter […]

Dent’s disease (or Dent disease) is a rare X-linked recessive inherited condition that affects the proximal renal tubules of the kidney. It is one cause of Fanconi syndrome and is […]

Muenke syndrome also known as FGFR3-related craniosynostosis is a human specific condition characterized by the premature closure of certain bones of the skull during development which affects the shape of […]

Bethlem myopathy is an autosomal dominant myopathy classified as a congenital form of muscular dystrophy that is caused by a mutation in one of the three genes coding for type […]