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List of articles in "Disease" category - Page 502

Kayser–Fleischer ring

Kayser–Fleischer rings (KF rings) are dark rings that appear to encircle the iris of the eye. They are due to copper deposition in part of the cornea (Descemet’s membrane) as […]


Janeway lesion

Janeway lesions are non-tender small erythematous or haemorrhagic macular or nodular lesions on the palms or soles only a few millimeters in diameter that are indicative of infective endocarditis. Pathologically […]


Fitz-Hugh–Curtis syndrome

Fitz-Hugh–Curtis syndrome is a rare complication of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) named after the two physicians Thomas Fitz-Hugh Jr and Arthur Hale Curtis who first reported this condition in 1934 […]


Cellulitis

Cellulitis is a diffuse inflammation of connective tissue caused by bacteria with severe inflammation of dermal and subcutaneous layers of the skin. Cellulitis can be caused by normal skin flora […]


Dupuytren’s contracture

Dupuytren’s contracture (also known as morbus Dupuytren or Dupuytren’s disease) is a fixed flexion contracture of the hand due to a palmar fibromatosis where the fingers bend towards the palm […]


Dieulafoy’s lesion

Dieulafoy’s lesion (exulceratio simplex Dieulafoy) is a medical condition characterized by a large tortuous arteriole in the stomach wall that erodes and bleeds. It can cause gastric hemorrhage but is […]


Chilaiditi syndrome

Chilaiditi syndrome is a rare condition when pain occurs due to transposition of a loop of large intestine (usually transverse colon) in between the diaphragm and the liver visible on […]


Hereditary fructose intolerance

Hereditary fructose intolerance (HFI) is an inborn error of fructose metabolism caused by a deficiency of the enzyme aldolase B. Individuals affected with HFI are asymptomatic until they ingest fructose […]


Tumor lysis syndrome

In medicine (oncology and hematology) tumor lysis syndrome (TLS alternative spelling tumour lysis syndrome) is a group of metabolic complications that can occur after treatment of cancer usually lymphomas and […]


Cortical dysplasia

Cortical dysplasia is a congenital abnormality where the neurons in an area of the brain failed to migrate in the proper formation in utero. Occasionally neurons will develop that are […]


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