A Baker’s cyst also known as a popliteal cyst is a benign swelling of the semimembranous or more rarely some other synovial bursa found behind the knee joint. It is […]
List of articles in "Disease" category - Page 503
Argyll Robertson pupil
Argyll Robertson pupils (“AR pupils” or colloquially asProstitute’s Pupil) are bilateral small pupils that reduce in size when the patient focuses on a near object (they “accommodate”) but do not […]
Fructose malabsorption
Fructose malabsorption formerly named dietary fructose intolerance is a digestive disorder in which absorption of fructose is impaired by deficient fructose carriers in the small intestine’s enterocytes. This results in […]
Amaurosis fugax
Amaurosis fugax (Latin fugax meaning fleeting Greek amaurosis meaning darkening dark or obscure) is a painless transient monocular visual loss (i.e. loss of vision in one eye that is not […]
Alport syndrome
Alport syndrome or hereditary nephritis is a genetic disorder characterized by glomerulonephritis end-stage kidney disease and hearing loss. Alport syndrome can also affect the eyes causing eye abnormalities including cataracts […]
Acanthosis nigricans
Acanthosis nigricans is a brown to black poorly defined velvety hyperpigmentation of the skin. It is usually found in body folds such as the posterior and lateral folds of the […]
Head and neck cancer
Head and neck cancer refers to a group of biologically similar cancers that start in the lip oral cavity (mouth) nasal cavity (inside the nose) paranasal sinuses pharynx and larynx. […]
Thymoma
Thymoma is a tumor originating from the epithelial cells of the thymus. Thymoma is an uncommon tumor best known for its association with the neuromuscular disorder myasthenia gravis. Thymoma is […]
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) also known as Osler–Weber–Rendu disease and Osler–Weber–Rendu syndrome is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder that leads to abnormal blood vessel formation in the skin mucous membranes […]
Paget’s disease of the breast
Paget’s disease of the breast or Paget disease of the breast (/ˈpædʒɨt/ rhymes with gadget) (also known as Paget’s disease of the nipple ) is a malignant condition that outwardly […]