Ankyloglossia also known as tongue-tie is a congenital oral anomaly which may decrease mobility of the tongue tip and is caused by an unusually short thick lingual frenulum a membrane […]
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Synovial osteochondromatosis
Synovial osteochondromatosis (SOC) (synonyms include synovial chondromatosis primary synovial chondromatosis synovial chondrometaplasia) is a rare disease that creates a benign change or proliferation in the synovium or joint-lining tissue which […]
Neuropathic arthropathy
Neuropathic arthropathy (or neuropathic osteoarthropathy) also known as Charcot joint (often Charcot foot) refers to progressive degeneration of a weight bearing joint a process marked by bony destruction bone resorption […]
Plantar fibromatosis
Plantar fascial fibromatosis also known as Ledderhose’s disease Morbus Ledderhose and plantar fibromatosis is a relatively uncommon non-malignant thickening of the feet’s deep connective tissue or fascia. In the beginning […]
Bifid rib
A bifid rib (bifurcated rib or sternum bifidum) is a congenital abnormality of the rib cage and associated muscles and nerves which occurs in about 1.2% of humans. Bifid ribs […]
Channelopathy
Channelopathies are diseases caused by disturbed function of ion channel subunits or the proteins that regulate them. These diseases may be either congenital (often resulting from a mutation or mutations […]
Black hairy tongue
Black hairy tongue (BHT also termed lingua villosa nigra) refers to a condition of the tongue where the filiform papillae elongate with black or brown discoloration giving a black and […]
Poikilocytosis
Poikilocytosis refers to the presence of poikilocytes in the blood. Poikilocytes are abnormally shaped red blood cells as seen on a blood film in humans and many wild and domestic […]
Osteodystrophy
Osteodystrophy is a general term for a dystrophic growth of the bone. It is defective bone development that is usually attributable to renal disease or to disturbances in calcium and […]
Asterixis
Asterixis (also called the flapping tremor or liver flap) is a tremor of the hand when the wrist is extended sometimes said to resemble a bird flapping its wings. This […]