In medicine subclavian steal syndrome (SSS) also called subclavian steal phenomenon or subclavian steal steno-occlusive disease is a constellation of signs and symptoms that arise from retrograde (reversed) flow of […]
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Cold agglutinin disease
Cold agglutinin disease is an autoimmune disease characterized by the presence of high concentrations of circulating antibodies usually IgM directed against red blood cells. It is a form of autoimmune […]
Hemolytic disease of the newborn (ABO)
In ABO hemolytic disease of the newborn (also known as ABO HDN) maternal IgG antibodies with specificity for the ABO blood group system pass through the placenta to the fetal […]
Phthisis bulbi
Phthisis bulbi is a shrunken non-functional eye. It may result from severe eye disease inflammation injury or it may represent a complication of eye surgery. Treatment options include insertion of […]
Persistent left superior vena cava
In anatomy a persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) is the most common variation of the thoracic venous system is prevalent in 0.3% of the population and an embryologic remnant […]
Griscelli syndrome
Griscelli syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by albinism (hypopigmentation) with immunodeficiency that usually causes death by early childhood.
Münchausen syndrome by proxy
Münchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP or MBP) is a term that is used to describe a behavior pattern in which a caregiver deliberately exaggerates fabricates and/or induces physical psychological behavioral […]
Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria
Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria (PCH) (also known as Donath-Landsteiner syndrome) is a disease of humans that is characterized by the sudden presence of hemoglobin in the urine (called hemoglobinuria) typically after […]
Eales disease
Eales disease is a type of obliterative vasculopathy also known as angiopathia retinae juvenilis periphlebitis retinae primary perivasculitis of the retina is an ocular disease characterized by inflammation and possible […]
Phantom eye syndrome
The phantom eye syndrome (PES) is a phantom pain in the eye and visual hallucinations after the removal of an eye (enucleation evisceration).