List of articles in "Disease" category - Page 388

A pancreatic fistula is an abnormal communication between the pancreas and other organs due to leakage of pancreatic secretions from damaged pancreatic ducts. An external pancreatic fistula is one that […]

In medicine a desmoplastic fibroma is a benign fibrous tumor of bone affecting children and young adults potentially resulting in cortical bone destruction.It can also occur in the hand.A famous […]

Bangstad syndrome is a severe inherited congenital disorder associated with abnormalities of the cell membrane. It was characterized in 1989.

Urticaria pigmentosa (also known as Generalized eruption of cutaneous mastocytosis (childhood type)) is the most common form of cutaneous mastocytosis. It is a rare disease caused by excessive numbers of […]

Bullous pemphigoid is an acute or chronic autoimmune skin disease involving the formation of blisters more appropriately known as bullae at the space between the skin layers epidermis and dermis. […]

Bogart–Bacall syndrome (BBS) is a voice disorder that is caused by abuse or overuse of the vocal cords.People who speak or sing outside of their normal vocal range can develop […]

A hemangeopericytoma (HPC) is a type of soft tissue sarcoma that originates in the pericytes in the walls of capillaries. When inside the nervous system although not strictly a meningioma […]

Leber’s congenital amaurosis (LCA) is a rare inherited eye disease that appears at birth or in the first few months of life and affects around 1 in 80000 of the […]

The VACTERL association (also VATER syndrome) refers to the non-random co-occurrence of birth defects Vertebral anomalies Anal atresia Cardiac defects Tracheoesophageal fistula and/or Esophageal atresia Renal & Radial anomalies and […]

Cyclosporiasis is an infection with the protozoan Cyclospora cayetanensis a pathogen transmitted by feces or feces-contaminated fresh produce and water. Outbreaks have been reported due to contaminated fruits and vegetables. […]