20 Terms
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Diseases
Spina bifida cystica
Health care; Diseases
A form of spinal dysraphism associated with a protruding cyst made up of either meninges (i.e., a meningocele) or meninges in combination with spinal cord tissue (i.e., a meningomyelocele). These ...
Ranula
Health care; Diseases
A form of retention cyst of the floor of the mouth, usually due to obstruction of the ducts of the submaxillary or sublingual glands, presenting a slowly enlarging painless deep burrowing mucocele of ...
Neovascular glaucoma
Health care; Diseases
A form of secondary glaucoma which develops as a consequence of another ocular disease and is attributed to the forming of new vessels in the angle of the anterior chamber.
Vasomotor rhinitis
Health care; Diseases
A form of rhinitis brought about by changes in vascular tone and permeability. The aetiology is obscure.
Olivopontocerebellar atrophies
Health care; Diseases
A group of inherited and sporadic disorders which share progressive ataxia in combination with atrophy of the cerebellum; pons; and inferior olivary nuclei. Additional clinical features may include ...
Peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumours
Health care; Diseases
A group of highly cellular primitive round cell neoplasms which occur extracranially in soft tissue and bone and are derived from embryonal neural crest cells. These tumours occur primarily in ...
Prion diseases
Health care; Diseases
A group of genetic, infectious, or sporadic degenerative human and animal nervous system disorders associated with abnormal prions. These diseases are characterised by conversion of the normal prion ...
