21 Terms
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Diseases
hemangioblastoma
Health care; Diseases
A benign tumor of the nervous system that may occur sporadically or in association with hippel-lindau disease. It accounts for approximately 2% of intracranial tumors, arising most frequently in the ...
insulinoma
Health care; Diseases
A benign tumor of the pancreatic beta cells. Insulinoma secretes excess insulin resulting in hypoglycemia.
islet cell adenoma
Health care; Diseases
A benign tumor of the pancreatic islet cells. Usually it involves the insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells, as in insulinoma, resulting in hyperinsulinism.
syringoma
Health care; Diseases
A benign tumor of the sweat glands which is usually multiple and results from malformation of sweat ducts. It is uncommon and more common in females than in males. It is most likely to appear at ...
lymphangioma
Health care; Diseases
A benign tumor representing a congenital malformation of the lymphatic system and made up of newly formed lymph-containing vascular spaces and channels. Lymphangioendothelioma is a type of ...
acidophil adenoma
Health care; Diseases
A benign tumor, usually found in the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, whose cells stain with acid dyes. Such pituitary tumors may give rise to excessive secretion of growth hormone, resulting in ...
chronic idiopathic jaundice
Health care; Diseases
A benign, autosomally recessive inherited hyperbilirubinemia characterized by the presence of a dark pigment in the centrilobular region of the liver cells. There is a functional defect in biliary ...
