| bosch yaws | A form of New World cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis guyanensis in the Amazon delta; a small proportion of cases are said to metastasize to the nasal mucosa with espundia-like involvement. Synonym: bosch yaws, bush yaws, forest yaws. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| bush yaws | A form of New World cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis guyanensis in the Amazon delta; a small proportion of cases are said to metastasize to the nasal mucosa with espundia-like involvement. Synonym: bosch yaws, bush yaws, forest yaws. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ringworm yaws | Round, scaling, and crusted lesions that resemble ringworm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| guinea corn yaws | A form of yaws in which the lesions resemble grains of Indian corn. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crab yaws | <dermatology> Yaws of the feet with keratoderma of the palms and soles and ulcer formation. Synonym: crab yaws, dumas, tubba, tubbae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| yaws | <medicine> A disease, occurring in the Antilles and in Africa, characterised by yellowish or reddish tumours, of a contagious character, which, in shape and appearance, often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries. There are several varieties of this disease, variously known as framboesia, pian, verrugas, and crab-yaws. Origin: African yaw a raspberry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| foot yaws | <dermatology> Yaws of the feet with keratoderma of the palms and soles and ulcer formation. Synonym: crab yaws, dumas, tubba, tubbae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| forest yaws | A form of New World cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis guyanensis in the Amazon delta; a small proportion of cases are said to metastasize to the nasal mucosa with espundia-like involvement. Synonym: bosch yaws, bush yaws, forest yaws. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apthous ulcers | These small sensitive painful craters in the mouth are common canker sores. There are many possible causes of apthous ulcers and frequently the cause is unknown. (12 Dec 1998) |
| gastric ulcers | <radiology> Criteria for benignity: projection beyond luminal contour, depth greater than width, smooth fading of gastric folds, lesser curvature (not reliable), concomitant duodenal ulcers, Hampden's line (1-mm lucent line), persistent pooling of barium in crater see also: Carman meniscus sign (12 Dec 1998) |
| recurrent aphthous ulcers | <dermatology> Roundish pearl-coloured specks or flakes in the mouth, on the lips, etc, terminating in white sloughs, better known as thrush and the specks are called aphthae. Synonym: thrush, candidiasis. Origin: Sing. Of Aphthae. L, fr. Gr. (mostly in pl, Hipp) an eruption, thrush, fr. To set on fire, inflame. (25 Jun 1999) |
| mouth ulcers | Circular painful ulcers with a surrounding red margin that are usually 1-2mm in diameter (can be up to 1.0 cm). Heal in 1-2 weeks but can be recurrent. Often caused by a virus in the Herpes family. Synonym: aphthous ulcers. (27 Sep 1997) |
| postbulbar duodenal ulcers | <radiology> Peptic ulcer disease, only 5% of benign ulcers are postbulbar, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (gastrinoma), 25% postbulbar, benign tumour (especially leiomyoma), malignant tumour, primary duodenal carcinoma, invasion (nnodes, pancreas, colon, kidney, gall bladder), malignant melanoma, Crohn's disease, TB, aorticoduodenal fistula, simulators: ectopic pancreas, duodenal tics (12 Dec 1998) |
| stress ulcers | An ulcer of the duodenum in a patient with extensive superficial burns, intracranial lesions, or severe bodily injury. Synonym: stress ulcers. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oesophageal ulcers | Circular erosions in the lining of the oesophagus. (27 Sep 1997) |