Gradenigo’s syndrome also called Gradenigo-Lannois syndrome and petrous apicitis is a complication of otitis media and mastoiditis involving the apex of the petrous temporal bone.
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IPEX syndrome
IPEX (immunodysregulation polyendocrinopathy enteropathy X-linked syndrome) is a rare disease linked to the dysfunction of the transcription factor FOXP3 widely considered to be the master regulator of the regulatory T […]
Paratyphoid fever
This about the disease paratyphoid fever. See typhus for an unrelated disease with a similar name. Typhoid fever is a related disease but is caused by a different bacterium.Paratyphoid fevers […]
Intestinal pseudoobstruction
Intestinal Pseudo-obstruction is a clinical syndrome caused by severe impairment in the ability of the intestines to push food through. It is characterised by the signs and symptoms of intestinal […]
Ogilvie syndrome
Ogilvie syndrome is the acute pseudoobstruction and dilation of the colon in the absence of any mechanical obstruction in severely ill patients.Colonic pseudo-obstruction is characterized by massive dilatation of the […]
Löfgren syndrome
Löfgren syndrome is a type of acute sarcoidosis that is frequent in Scandinavian Irish African and Puerto Rican women. It was characterized in 1953 by Sven Halvar Löfgren a Swedish […]
Eosinophilic esophagitis
Eosinophilic esophagitis (eosinophilic oesophagitis) also known as allergic oesophagitis is an allergic inflammatory condition of the esophagus that involves eosinophiles a type of white blood cell. Symptoms are swallowing difficulty […]
Protein C deficiency
Protein C deficiency is a rare genetic trait that predisposes to thrombotic disease. It was first described in 1981. The disease belongs to a group of genetic disorders known as […]
Chronic mountain sickness
Chronic Mountain Sickness (CMS) is a disease that can develop during extended time living at a high altitude. It is also known as Monge’s Disease after its first description in […]
Astasia-abasia
Astasia-abasia refers to the inability to either stand or walk in a normal manner. Patients exhibit an unusual and dramatic gait disturbance lurching wildly in various directions and falling only […]