List of articles in "Disease" category - Page 434

Aspiration pneumonia is bronchopneumonia that develops due to the entrance of foreign materials into the bronchial tree usually oral or gastric contents (including food saliva or nasal secretions). Depending on […]

Acute tubular necrosis (ATN) is a medical condition involving the death of tubular epithelial cells that form the renal tubules of the kidneys. ATN presents with acute kidney injury (AKI) […]

Hypertensive nephropathy (or hypertensive nephrosclerosis or Hypertensive renal disease) is a medical condition referring to damage to the kidney due to chronic high blood pressure.

Fibrosarcoma (fibroblastic sarcoma) is a malignant mesenchymal tumour derived from fibrous connective tissue and characterized by the presence of immature proliferating fibroblasts or undifferentiated anaplastic spindle cells in a storiform […]

A mastocytoma or mast cell tumor is a type of round-cell tumor consisting of mast cells. It is found in humans and many animal species; in human medicine it also […]

Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common extracranial solid cancer in childhood and the most common cancer in infancy with an incidence of about six hundred fifty cases per year in […]

Trimethylaminuria (TMAU) also known as fish odor syndrome or fish malodor syndrome is a rare metabolic disorder that causes a defect in the normal production of the enzyme flavin containing […]

A pulmonary sequestration (also known as a bronchopulmonary sequestration or cystic lung lesion) is a medical condition wherein a piece of tissue that ultimately develops into lung tissue is not […]

Lathyrism or neurolathyrism is a neurological disease of humans and domestic animals caused by eating certain legumes of the genus Lathyrus. This problem is mainly associated with Lathyrus sativus (also […]

Fibrous dysplasia is an abnormal bone growth where normal bone is replaced with fibrous bone tissue. Fibrous dysplasia causes abnormal growth or swelling of bone. Fibrous dysplasia can occur in […]