Conjunctival Squamous Cell Carcinoma (Conjunctival SCC) and corneal intraepithelial neoplasia comprise what are called Ocular Surface Squamous Cell Neoplasias. SCC is the most common malignancy of the conjunctiva in the […]
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Bohring–Opitz syndrome
Bohring–Opitz syndrome (BOS) is a medical syndrome characterised by characteristic craniofacial appearance fixed contractures of the upper limbs and abnormal posture feeding difficulties intellectual disability small size at birth and […]
Myopathy X-linked with excessive autophagy
X-linked myopathy with excessive autophagy is a rare childhood onset disease characterized by progressive vacuolation and atrophy of skeletal muscle. It is characterised by a very slow progression and a […]
Secretan’s syndrome
Secretan’s syndrome was first described in 1901 by Francois Secretan: it’s a rare condition of hard edema and traumatic hyperplasia of the dorsum of the hand.
Antisynthetase syndrome
Anti-synthetase syndrome is a rare medical syndrome associated with Interstitial lung disease dermatomyositis and polymyositis and other autoimmune diseases.
Froin’s syndrome
Froin’s syndrome – coexistence of xanthochromia high protein level and marked coagulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). It is caused by meningeal irritation (e.g. during spinal meningitis) and CSF flow blockage […]
Masked depression
Masked depression (MD) was a proposed form of atypical depression in which somatic symptoms or behavioural disturbances dominate the clinical picture and disguise the underlying affective disorder. The concept is […]
Experimental treatment of androgenic alopecia
The experimental treatment of androgenic hair loss is vast with systemic and topical therapies with varying degrees of efficacy. In the United States alone it is a multi-billion dollar industry. […]
Transitional cell carcinoma of the ovary
Transitional cell carcinoma of the ovary abbreviated TCC of the ovary is a rare type of ovarian cancer that has an appearance similar to urothelial carcinoma (also known as transitional […]
Myeloma cast nephropathy
Myeloma cast nephropathy also cast nephropathy is the formation of plugs (urinary casts) in the renal tubules from free immunoglobulin light chains leading to renal failure in the context of […]