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Hamman’s syndrome also known as Macklin’s syndrome is a syndrome of spontaneous subcutaneous emphysema (air in the subcutaneous tissues of the skin) and pneumomediastinum (air in the mediastinum the center […]

Adrenalitis also called adrenitis is the inflammation of one or both adrenal glands which can lead to an insufficiency of epinephrine or norepinephrine.Types can include but aren’t limited to:- xanthogranulomatous […]

The Seckel syndrome or microcephalic primordial dwarfism (also known as bird-headed dwarfism Harper’s syndrome Virchow-Seckel dwarfism and Bird-headed dwarf of Seckel) is a congenital nanosomic disorder.Inheritance is autosomal recessive.It is […]

Angiokeratoma is a benign cutaneous lesion of capillaries resulting in small marks of red to blue color and characterized by hyperkeratosis. Angiokeratoma corporis diffusum refers to Fabry’s disease but this […]

Intention tremor also known as cerebellar tremor is a dyskinetic disorder characterized by a broad coarse and low frequency (below 5 Hz) tremor. The amplitude of an intention tremor increases […]

A hernia is caused by the protrusion of a viscus (in the case of groin hernias an intraabdominal organ) through a weakness in the containing wall. This weakness may be […]

A Spigelian hernia (or lateral ventral hernia) is a hernia through the spigelian fascia which is the aponeurotic layer between the rectus abdominis muscle medially and the semilunar line laterally. […]

Spinal cord compression develops when the spinal cord is compressed by bone fragments from a vertebral fracture a tumor abscess ruptured intervertebral disc or other lesion. It is regarded as […]

Fever of unknown origin (FUO) pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO) or febris e causa ignota (febris E.C.I.) refers to a condition in which the patient has an elevated temperature but […]

Coats’ disease (also known as exudative retinitis or retinal telangiectasis sometimes spelled Coates’ disease) is a very rare congenital nonhereditary eye disorder causing full or partial blindness characterized by abnormal […]