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Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum
A dull red raised area on the skin that evolves into a shiny scar with a violet border, most often on the shin. There is telangiectasia with blood vessels easily visible under the skin. The area be itchy and painful and crack open…
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Show more- X chromosome inactivation See: X inactivation
- STL2 Stickler syndrome, type II. See: Stickler syndrome
- Post-thrombotic syndrome The complications that may follow deep vein thrombosis (DVT). The complications after DVT may include…
- Collagen Collagen is the principal protein of the skin, tendons, cartilage, bone and connective tissue
- Swimming pool granuloma Localized nodular skin inflammation (small reddish raised areas of skin) caused by a bacterium called…
- Colorectal Related to the colon and/or rectum
- Anatomy, microscopic Known among medical students simply as 'micro', microscopic anatomy is the study of the form of normal…
- Womb cancer See: Uterine cancer
- Incompetent cervix A cervix that is abnormally liable to dilate and so is not competent to keep the fetus up in the uterus and…
- Tympanic cavity The major portion of the middle ear, consisting of a narrow air-filled cavity in the temporal bone that…
- Laser, argon See: Argon laser
- Crease, single transverse palmar See: Simian crease