Parkinson-plus syndromes also known as disorders of multiple system degeneration are a group of neurodegenerative diseases featuring the classical features of Parkinson’s disease (tremor rigidity akinesia/bradykinesia postural instability) with additional […]
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Synovitis
Synovitis is the medical term for inflammation of the synovial membrane. This membrane lines joints which possess cavities known as synovial joints. The condition is usually painful particularly when the […]
Pseudoathetosis
Pseudoathetosis is abnormal writhing movements usually of the fingers caused by a failure of joint position sense (proprioception) and indicates disruption of the proprioceptive pathway from nerve to parietal cortex.
Tropical spastic paraparesis
Tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP) also known as HTLV-associated myelopathy or chronic progressive myelopathy is an infection of the spinal cord by Human T-lymphotropic virus resulting in paraparesis weakness of the […]
Gas gangrene
Gas gangrene (also known as Clostridial myonecrosis and Myonecrosis) is a bacterial infection that produces gas in tissues in gangrene. It is a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by […]
Relapsing polychondritis
Relapsing polychondritis (also known as Atrophic polychondritis and Systemic chondromalacia) is a condition characterized by inflammation and deterioration of cartilage. Although the disease usually causes pain and deformity if unrecognized […]
Vertically transmitted infection
A vertically transmitted infection is an infection caused by bacteria viruses or in rare cases parasites transmitted directly from the mother to an embryo fetus or baby during pregnancy or […]
Siderosis
Siderosis is the deposition of iron in tissue.When used without qualification it usually refers to an environmental disease of the lung.Also Siderosis Bulbi deposition of iron into the eye causing […]
Sideroblastic anemia
Sideroblastic anemia or sideroachrestic anemia is a form of anemia in which the bone marrow produces ringed sideroblasts rather than healthy red blood cells (erythrocytes). It may be caused either […]
Fraser syndrome
Fraser syndrome (also known as Meyer-Schwickerath’s syndrome Fraser-François syndrome or Ullrich-Feichtiger syndrome) is an autosomal recessive congenital disorder. Fraser syndrome is named for the geneticist George R. Fraser who first […]