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In medicine melena or melæna refers to the black tarry feces that are associated with gastrointestinal hemorrhage. The black color is caused by the hemoglobin in the blood being altered […]

Hematemesis or haematemesis is the vomiting of blood. The source is generally the upper gastrointestinal tract. Patients can easily confuse it with hemoptysis (coughing up blood) although the latter is […]

Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (sometimes upper GI or UGI bleed or hemorrhage) refers to bleeding in the upper gastrointestinal tract commonly defined as bleeding arising from the esophagus stomach or duodenum. […]

Haematochezia (or hematochezia; also haemochezia or hemochezia) (from Greek αἷμα (blood) and χέζειν (to defaecate)) is the passage of fresh blood through the anus usually in or with stools (contrast […]

In medicine amyloidosis refers to a variety of conditions wherein normally soluble proteins become insoluble and are deposited in the extracellular space of various organs or tissues disrupting normal function. […]

Spondyloarthropathy is any joint disease of the vertebral column. As such it is a class or category of diseases rather than a single specific entity. It differs from spondylopathy which […]

Pernicious anemia (also known as Biermer’s anemia Addison’s anemia or Addison–Biermer anemia) is one of many types of the larger family of megaloblastic anemias.

Ketoacidosis is a metabolic state associated with high concentrations of ketone bodies formed by the breakdown of fatty acids and the deamination of amino acids. The two common ketones produced […]

Central nervous system cavernous hemangioma is a cavernous hemangioma that arises in the central nervous system (CNS). It can be considered to be a variant of hemangioma and is characterized […]

Developmental disorders is a group of neurological conditions originating in childhood that involve serious impairment in different areas. There are several ways of using this term. The most narrow concept […]