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Desmoid tumor
A benign soft tissue tumor that occurs most often in young adults and involves the limbs or trunk but can also arise in the abdomen or thorax. Desmoid tumors are benign. They never metastasize (spread to other parts of the body). However…
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Show more- Pineal region tumor A brain tumor on or near the pineal gland. There are at least 17 types of pineal gland tumors, most of which…
- Acrocephalosyndactyly An inherited disorder causing abnormalities of the skull and face and the hands and feet. In…
- Gestational diabetes Gestational diabetes: See: Diabetes, gestational.
- Myelitis Inflammation of the spinal cord.
- Radial drusen See: Malattia leventinese
- Sign, Lhermitte Sudden transient electric-like shocks extending down the spine triggered by flexing the head forward. Due to…
- ANA Antinuclear antibody, an unusual antibody directed against structures within the nucleus of the cell. ANAs…
- Major anxiety disorder >panic disorder; >obsessive-compulsive disorder; >PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder); >social phobia…
- Juvenile hyaline fibromatosis A genetic disorder characterized by multiple subcutaneous nodules and gingival hypertrophy (overgrowth of the…
- Lung cancer, oat cell See: Oat cell cancer
- Ophthalmopathy Any eye disease. External ophthalmopathy may refer to any disease of the eyelid, cornea, conjunctiva, or eye…
- Knock-knees An abnormal curve of the legs that causes the knees to touch or nearly touch while the feet are apart. The…