Diseases

Diseases

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Diseases

A chronic inflammatory disease of the skin of unknown etiology. It is characterized by moderate erythema, dry, moist, or greasy scaling, and yellow crusted patches on various areas, especially the ...

atopic dermatitis

Health care; Diseases

A chronic inflammatory genetically determined disease of the skin marked by increased ability to form reagin (IgE), with increased susceptibility to allergic rhinitis and asthma, and hereditary ...

bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Health care; Diseases

A chronic lung disease appearing in certain newborn infants treated for newborn respiratory distress syndrome with mechanical ventilation and elevated concentration of inspired oxygen.

pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

Health care; Diseases

A chronic lung disease characterized by dyspnea, productive cough, chest pain, weakness, weight loss, and hemoptysis, and by the filling of the distal alveoli with a bland, eosinophilic, ...

neurocytoma

Health care; Diseases

A benign brain tumor composed of neural elements which most often arise from the septum pellucidum and the walls of the lateral ventricles. Immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy evaluations ...

epithelioid and spindle cell nevus

Health care; Diseases

A benign compound nevus occurring most often in children before puberty, composed of spindle and epithelioid cells located mainly in the dermis, sometimes in association with large atypical cells and ...

hairy tongue

Health care; Diseases

A benign condition of the tongue characterized by hypertrophy of the filiform papillae that give the dorsum of the tongue a furry appearance. The color of the elongated papillae varies from yellowish ...