List of articles in "Disease" category - Page 472

Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) also termed symptomatic hydrocephalus is a type of brain malfunction caused by excessive production of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Its typical symptoms are gait disturbance urinary incontinence […]

Ganser syndrome is a rare dissociative disorder previously classified as a factitious disorder. It is characterized by nonsensical or wrong answers to questions or doing things incorrectly other dissociative symptoms […]

Dermatomyositis (DM) is a connective-tissue disease related to polymyositis (PM) that is characterized by inflammation of the muscles and the skin. While DM most frequently affects the skin and muscles […]

Myelopathy refers to pathology of the spinal cord. When due to trauma it is known as spinal cord injury. When inflammatory it is known as myelitis.

A spinal cord injury (SCI) refers to any injury to the spinal cord that is caused by trauma instead of disease. Depending on where the spinal cord and nerve roots […]

Angiosarcoma is a malignant neoplasm (cancer) of endothelial-type cells that line vessel walls. This may be in reference to blood (hemangiosarcoma) or lymphatic vessels (lymphangiosarcoma).Its origin typically readily permits metastases […]

Pott’s fracture (not to be confused with Pott’s disease) also known as Pott’s syndrome I and Dupuytren fracture is an archaic term loosely applied to a variety of bimalleolar ankle […]

Arachnodactyly (spider fingers) or achromachia is a condition in which the fingers are abnormally long and slender in comparison to the palm of the hand. It can be present at […]

Salmonellosis is an infection caused by Salmonella bacteria. Most people infected with Salmonella develop diarrhea fever vomiting and abdominal cramps 12 to 72 hours after infection. In most cases the […]

The Jumping Frenchmen of Maine were a group of 19th-century lumberjacks who exhibited a rare disorder of unknown origin. The syndrome entails an exaggerated startle reflex which may be described […]