List of articles in "Disease" category - Page 271

Lymphocytic colitis a subtype of microscopic colitis is a rare condition characterized by chronic non-bloody watery diarrhea. The colonoscopy is normal but the mucosal biopsy reveals an accumulation of lymphocytes […]

A malignant mixed Müllerian tumor also known as malignant mixed mesodermal tumor MMMT and carcinosarcoma is a malignant neoplasm found in the uterus the ovaries the fallopian tubes and other […]

Esophoria is characterised by inward deviation of the eye usually due to extra-ocular muscle imbalance.Causes include:refractive errorsdivergence insufficiencyconvergence excess these can be due to nerve muscle congenital or mechanical anomalies.Unlike […]

Blepharophimosis is a condition where the patient has bilateral ptosis with reduced lid size vertically and horizontally. The nasal bridge is flat and there is hypoplastic orbital rim. Both the […]

Exophoria is a form of heterophoria in which there is a tendency of the eyes to deviate outward. During examination when the eyes are dissociated by prisms the visual axes […]

Ocular oncology is the branch of medicine dealing with tumors relating to the eye and its adnexa. Eye cancer can affect all parts of the eye.

Iridodialysis sometimes known as a coredialysis is a localized separation or tearing away of the iris from its attachment to the ciliary body.

Dacryocystitis is an inflammation of the nasolacrimal sac frequently caused by nasolacrimal duct obstruction or infection. The term derives from the Greek dákryon (tear) cysta (sac) and -itis (inflammation). It […]

Blepharochalasis is an inflammation of the eyelid that is characterized by exacerbations and remissions of eyelid edema which results in a stretching and subsequent atrophy of the eyelid tissue resulting […]

Niigata Minamata disease (新潟水俣病 Niigata Minamata-byō) is a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. Identical in symptoms to the original outbreak of Minamata disease in Kumamoto Prefecture the second […]