| 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) |
| ring lesions in brain | <radiology> Hypodense, peripherally enhancing lesions, ** mnemonic: MAGIC DR., metastasis, abscess, glioma, granuloma, infarct, contusion, demyelination, resolving haematoma (12 Dec 1998) |
| circumscribed breast lesions | <radiology> Lucent, lipoma, oil cyst (following haematoma or biopsy), galactocele (associated with lactation), mixed density, fibro-adeno-lipoma, galactocele, intramammary lymph node, haematoma (12 Dec 1998) |
| cold bone lesions | <radiology> Overlying atenuation caused by pacemaker, barium, metal cross, wristwatch, radiation therapy, local vascular compromise, early osteomyelitis, tumour: neuroblastoma, renal cell carcinoma, thyroid carcinoma, anaplastic tumours (e.g. Reticulum cell sarcoma) (12 Dec 1998) |
| Wilder's law of initial value | The direction of response of a body function to any agent depends to a large degree on the initial level of that function. Synonym: law of initial value. (05 Mar 2000) |
| polypoid gallbladder lesions | <radiology> Cholesterol polyp, adenoma, papilloma (usually less than 1 cm, may be premalignant), carcinoma, metastasis, adenomyomatosis, tumefactive sludge, inflammatory polyp (12 Dec 1998) |
| hot bone lesions | <radiology> Non-routine localised hot bone lesions: Paget's disease, osteoid osteoma, fibrous dysplasia, melorheostosis generalised: hyperparathyroidism, haematologic disorders, Paget disease (rare), fibrous dysplasia, renal osteodystrophy (12 Dec 1998) |
| skin lesions of tuberous sclerosis | <radiology> Adenoma sebaceum, Shagreen patches, periungual fibromata, ash-leaf hypopigmentation (12 Dec 1998) |