| benign mucosal pemphigoid | A chronic disease that produces adhesions and progressive cicatrization and shrinkage of the conjunctival, oral, and vaginal mucous membranes. Synonym: benign mucosal pemphigoid. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| bullous pemphigoid | <dermatology> Form of pemphigoid (which also affects mucous membranes), in which blisters (bulli) form on the skin. Patients have circulating antibody (usually IgG) to basement membrane of stratified epithelium although the antibody titre does not correlate with the severity of the disease. (18 Nov 1997) |
| pemphigoid | 1. Resembling pemphigus. 2. A disease resembling pemphigus but significantly distinguishable histologically (nonacantholytic) and clinically (generally benign course). Origin: G. Pemphix, blister, + eidos, resemblance (05 Mar 2000) |
| pemphigoid, benign mucous membrane | A chronic blistering disease with predilection for mucous membranes and less frequently the skin, and with a tendency to scarring. It is sometimes called ocular pemphigoid because of conjunctival mucous membrane involvement. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pemphigoid, bullous | A chronic and relatively benign subepidermal blistering disease usually of the elderly and without histopathologic acantholysis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pemphigoid syphilid | A rare manifestation of congenital syphilis. Synonym: pemphigoid syphilid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cicatricial pemphigoid | A chronic disease that produces adhesions and progressive cicatrization and shrinkage of the conjunctival, oral, and vaginal mucous membranes. Synonym: benign mucosal pemphigoid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ocular pemphigoid | A conjunctivitis with transient small vesicles, a viscid ropy discharge, symblepharon, xerosis, and trichiasis, eventually becoming bilateral. (05 Mar 2000) |
| localised pemphigoid of Brunsting-Perry | A variant of pemphigoid, primarily on the scalp and face, with some scar formation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anaemia of chronic disease | <disease> A form of anaemia which develops as the result of a long-term infection or illness. Chronic diseases can interfere with red blood cell production in addition to shortening red blood cell life span in the body. Symptoms are largely due to the underlying disease. Haemoglobin and haematocrit are generally low. Iron studies may be low to normal. Red blood cell indices may usually normal. (27 Sep 1997) |
| benign familial chronic pemphigus | Recurrent eruption of vesicles and bullae that become scaling and crusted lesions with vesicular borders, predominantly of the neck, groin, and axillary regions; autosomal dominant inheritance, presenting in late adolescence or early adult life. Synonym: Hailey-Hailey disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| candidiasis, chronic mucocutaneous | A clinical syndrome characterised by development, usually in infancy or childhood, of a chronic, often widespread candidiasis of skin, nails, and mucous membranes. It may be secondary to one of the immunodeficiency syndromes, inherited as an autosomal recessive trait, or associated with defects in cell-mediated immunity, endocrine disorders, dental stomatitis, or malignancy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| granulomatous disease, chronic | A recessive x-linked defect of leukocyte function in which phagocytic cells ingest but fail to digest bacteria, resulting in recurring bacterial infections with granuloma formation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| persistent chronic hepatitis | A benign chronic hepatitis that may follow acute viral hepatitis A or B, or complicate bowel diseases; after six months, liver biopsy changes are mild, unlike active chronic hepatitis; rarely, if ever, progresses to cirrhosis, portal hypertension, or liver failure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chronic | Persisting over a long period of time. Origin: L. Chronicus, Gr. Chronos = time (18 Nov 1997) |