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glomus tumor

Health care; Diseases

A blue-red, extremely painful vascular neoplasm involving a glomeriform arteriovenous anastomosis (glomus body), which may be found anywhere in the skin, most often in the distal portion of the ...

wrist injuries

Health care; Diseases

Injuries to the wrist or the wrist joint.

burns

Health care; Diseases

Injuries to tissues caused by contact with heat, steam, chemicals (chemical burns), electricity (electric burns), or the like.

Injurious effects of radiotherapy on the lungs. There are three phases in the reaction of the lungs to radiation injury: an acute phase occurring 1 to 2 months after exposure, a subacute phase 2 to 9 ...

barotrauma

Health care; Diseases

Injury following pressure changes; includes injury to the eustachian tube, ear drum, lung and stomach.

eye burns

Health care; Diseases

Injury to any part of the eye by extreme heat, chemical agents, or ultraviolet radiation.

nervous system lead poisoning

Health care; Diseases

Injury to the nervous system secondary to exposure to lead compounds. Two distinct clinical patterns occur in children (childhood lead poisoning) and adults (adult lead poisoning). In children, lead ...