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Necrotizing fasciitis
A dangerous infection of soft-tissue that starts in the subcutaneous tissue (just below the skin) and spreads along the flat layers of fibrous tissue that separate different layers of tissue (fascial planes). It most commonly occurs in the…
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Show more- Syphilis test, RPR Rapid plasma reagin, a blood test for syphilis that looks for an antibody that is present in the bloodstream…
- Enteritis, Crohn Crohn disease involving only the small intestine. Crohn disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder, primarily…
- Fever, dandy An acute mosquito- borne viral illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course with headache…
- Tapeworm, measly Taenia solium
- Parainfectious Occurring at the time of and in association with an acute infection or an episode of infection. For example…
- Erotic jealousy syndrome See: Othello syndrome
- Hypermobility syndrome Hypermobility syndrome: A common benign childhood condition involving hypermobile joints (that can move…
- Diprosopus Two-faced conjoined twins (incompletely separated identical twins). The twins have almost complete fusion of…
- Foot-drop brace See Ankle-foot orthosis
- DRRS See: Okihiro syndrome
- Proteins, acute-phase See: Acute-phase protein
- Subluxation Partial dislocation of a joint. A complete dislocation is a luxation