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Costochondritis also known as chest wall pain costosternal syndrome or costosternal chondrodynia is a benign and often temporary inflammation of the costal cartilage which connects each rib to the sternum […]

Bronchopneumonia or bronchial pneumonia or Bronchogenic pneumonia (not to be confused with lobar pneumonia) is the acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchioles. It is a type of pneumonia […]

Thanatophoric dysplasia is a severe skeletal disorder characterized by a disproportionately small ribcage extremely short limbs and folds of extra skin on the arms and legs.

Mulibrey nanism (MUscle-LIver-BRain-EYe nanism) also called Perheentupa syndrome and pericardial constriction with growth failure is a rare autosomal recessive congenital disorder. It causes severe growth failure (dwarfism) along with abnormalities […]

Birt–Hogg–Dubé syndrome (BHD) also Hornstein–Birt–Hogg–Dubé syndrome Hornstein–Knickenberg syndrome and fibrofolliculomas with trichodiscomas and acrochordons is a human autosomal dominant genetic disorder that can cause susceptibility to kidney cancer renal and […]

Ectodermal dysplasia is not a single disorder but a group of syndromes all deriving from abnormalities of the ectodermal structures. More than 150 different syndromes have been identified.Despite some of […]

Palatal myoclonus is a rapid spasm of the palatal (roof of the mouth) muscles which results in clicking or popping in the ear. Chronic clonus is often due to lesions […]

Acne keloidalis nuchae (also known as Acne keloidalis Dermatitis papillaris capillitii Folliculitis keloidalis Folliculitis keloidis nuchae and Nuchal keloid acne) is a destructive scarring folliculitis that occurs almost exclusively on […]

A chondroma is a benign cartilaginous tumor which is encapsulated with a lobular growing pattern. Tumor cells (chondrocytes cartilaginous cells) resemble normal cells and produce the cartilaginous matrix (amorphous basophilic […]

Tuberculous lymphadenitis (or tuberculous adenitis) is a chronic specific granulomatous inflammation of the lymph node with caseation necrosis caused by infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Mycobacterium bovis.The characteristic morphological element […]