Tangier disease (also known as Familial alpha-lipoprotein deficiency) or Hypoalphalipoproteinemia is a rare inherited disorder characterized by a severe reduction in the amount of high density lipoprotein (HDL) often referred […]
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Renal ectopia
Renal ectopia or ectopic kidney describes a kidney that is not located in its usual position. It results from the kidney failing to ascend from its origin in the true […]
Ectopia cordis
Ectopia cordis (Latin: outside/away + heart) is a congenital malformation in which the heart is abnormally located either partially or totally outside of the thorax. The ectopic heart can be […]
Pentalogy of Cantrell
Pentalogy of Cantrell (or thoraco-abdominal syndrome) is a rare syndrome that causes defects involving the diaphragm abdominal wall pericardium heart and lower sternum.It was characterized in 1958.A locus at Xq25-26 […]
Stomatitis nicotina
Stomatitis nicotina (also known as nicotine stomatitis nicotinic stomatitis nicotine palatinus stomatitis palatini leukokeratosis nicotina palate palatal leukokeratosis smoker’s keratosis smoker’s palate and smoker’s patches) is a diffuse white patch […]
Progressive muscular atrophy
Progressive muscular atrophy (PMA) also known as Duchenne-Aran muscular atrophy and Duchenne-Aran disease — is a rare subtype of motor neuron disease (MND) which affects only the lower motor neurones. […]
Sialolithiasis
Sialolithiasis (also termed salivary calculi or salivary stones) is a condition where a calcified mass forms within a salivary gland usually in the duct of the submandibular gland (also termed […]
Rhinophyma
Rhinophyma is a large bulbous ruddy nose caused by granulomatous infiltration commonly due to untreated rosacea.
Insect bites and stings
Insect bites and stings occur when an insect is agitated and seeks to defend itself through its natural defense mechanisms or when an insect seeks to feed off the bitten […]
Synovial chondromatosis
Synovial chondromatosis (synonyms include synovial osteochondromatosis primary synovial osteochondromatosis and synovial chondrometaplasia) is a disease affecting the synovium a thin flexible membrane around a joint. It is also known as […]