Porocephaliasis is a condition associated with species in the closely related genera Porocephalus and Armillifer. (The term pentastomiasis encompasses all diseases of Pentastomida which includses Porocephaliasis and Linguatulosis.)Porocephaliasis is associated […]
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Linguatulosis
Linguatulosis is a condition associated with the organism Linguatula serrata.The usual final host for Linguatula serrata is a carnivore like a dog or jackal and the species is sometimes known […]
Trombiculosis
Trombiculosis trombiculiasis or trombiculidiasis is a rash caused by trombiculid mites which is often referred to as a chigger bite.
Claude’s syndrome
Claude’s syndrome is a form of brainstem stroke syndrome characterized by the presence of an oculomotor nerve palsy contralateral hemiparesis contralateral ataxia and contralateral hemiplegia of the lower face tongue […]
Burn scar contracture
Burn scar contracture refers to the tightening of the skin after a second or third degree burn. When skin is burned the surrounding skin begins to pull together resulting in […]
Endotheliitis
Endotheliitis is an immune response within the endothelium in blood vessels in which they become inflamed. The condition can cause oedema of the surrounding tissue including the stroma and can […]
Bickerstaff’s encephalitis
Bickerstaff’s encephalitis is a rare inflammatory disorder of the central nervous system first described by Edwin Bickerstaff in 1951. It may also affect the peripheral nervous system and has features […]
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH also known as Forestier’s disease and ankylosing hyperostosis) is a non-inflammatory spondyloarthropathy. It is characterized by spiny ankylosis and ossification of spinal ligaments and entheses. […]
Subphrenic abscess
Subphrenic abscess is a disease characterized by an accumulation of infected fluid between the diaphragm the liver and the spleen. This abscess develops after surgical operations like bowel perforation or […]
Placental site trophoblastic tumor
Placental site trophoblastic tumor is a form of gestational trophoblastic disease which is thought to arise from intermediate trophoblast.It may secrete human placental lactogen (human chorionic somatomammotropin) and result in […]