Torsion dystonia also known as dystonia musculorum deformans is a disease characterized by painful muscle contractions resulting in uncontrollable distortions. This specific type of dystonia is found in children with […]
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Atresia
Atresia is a condition in which a body orifice or passage in the body is abnormally closed or absent.Examples of atresia include: Imperforate anus – malformation of the opening between […]
*Lisp
The *Lisp (aka StarLisp) programming language was conceived of in 1985 by Cliff Lasser and Steve Omohundro (employees of the Thinking Machines Corporation) as a way of providing an efficient […]
Rasmussen’s encephalitis
Rasmussen’s encephalitis also known as chronic focal encephalitis (CFE) is a rare inflammatory neurological disease characterized by frequent and severe seizures loss of motor skills and speech hemiparesis (paralysis on […]
Minimal change disease
Minimal Change Disease (also known as Nil Lesions or Nil Disease (lipoid nephrosis)) is a disease of the kidney that causes nephrotic syndrome and usually affects children (peak incidence at […]
Enchondroma
An enchondroma is a cartilage cyst found in the bone marrow. Typically enchondroma is discovered on a X-ray scan. Enchondromas have a characteristic appearance on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) as […]
Meleda disease
Meleda disease (MDM) or mal de Meleda also called Mljet disease keratosis palmoplantaris and transgradiens of siemens (also known as Acral keratoderma Mutilating palmoplantar keratoderma of the Gamborg-Nielsen type Palmoplantar […]
Metal fume fever
Metal fume fever also known as brass founders’ ague brass shakes zinc shakes galvie flu metal dust fever or Monday morning fever is an illness caused primarily by exposure to […]
Mastoiditis
Mastoiditis is the result of an infection that extends to the air cells of the skull behind the ear. Specifically it is an inflammation of the mucosal lining of the […]
Cutaneous larva migrans
Cutaneous larva migrans (abbreviated CLM) is a skin disease in humans caused by the larvae of various nematode parasites of the hookworm family (Ancylostomatidae). The most common species causing this […]