List of articles in "Disease" category - Page 6

Necrospermia (or Necrozoospermia) is a condition where spermatozoa in semen are either immobile or dead.

Villaret’s syndrome (retroparotid space syndrome syndrome of retroparotid space) combines ipsilateral paralysis of the last four cranial nerves (IX X XI XII) and Horner syndrome (enophthalmos ptosis miosis). Sometimes cranial […]

The 2003 Midwest monkeypox outbreak marked the first time monkeypox infection has appeared in the United States and the first time in the Western Hemisphere. Beginning in May 2003 a […]

Neonatal bowel obstruction (NBO) or neonatal intestinal obstruction is the most common surgical emergency in the neonatal period. It may occur due to a variety of conditions and has an […]

Tracheal agenesis is a rare birth defect with a prevalence of less that 1 in 50000. in which the trachea fails to develop. The defect is normally fatal.

Mental retardation and microcephaly with pontine and cerebellar hypoplasia (MICPCH) also known as Mental retardation X-linked syndromic Najm type (MRXSNA) is a rare genetic disorder of infants characterised by intellectual […]

Rarefying osteitis is a general term for a radiolucent lesion on a radiograph usually diagnosed as a periapical abscess or a periapical cyst.

Acquired idiopathic generalized anhidrosis (AIGA) is characterized by generalized absence of sweating without other autonomic and neurologic dysfunction.AIGA is classified into 3 subgroups: idiopathic pure sudomotor failure (IPSF) sweat gland […]

22q11.2 distal deletion syndrome is a rare genetic condition caused by a tiny missing part of one of the body’s 46 chromosomes – chromosome 22. 22q11.2 distal deletion syndrome appears […]

The 2012–13 Swansea measles epidemic began in November 2012 and was declared over on 3 July 2013. There were a total of 1219 measles notifications (suspected cases) in Swansea Neath […]