| neurodermatitis | <dermatology, pathology> An extremely variable eczematous dermatosis presumed to be a cutaneous response to prolonged vigorous scratching, rubbing or pinching to relieve intense pruritus, having the potential to produce polymorphic lesions at the same or different times and varying in severity, course and morphologic expression in different individuals. It is believed by some authorities to be a psychogenic disorder. The term is also used to refer to lichen simplex chronicus (circumscribed neurodermatosis) and sometimes to atopic dermatitis (disseminated neurodermatosis). (04 Mar 1998) |
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| allotrichia circumscripta | Synonym: woolly-hair nevus. Origin: allo-+ G. Thrix, hair, + L. Circumscriptio, a boundary (05 Mar 2000) |
| balanitis circumscripta plasmacellularis | Benign circumscribed balanitis characterised microscopically by subepithelial plasma cell infiltration and clinically by small erythematous papular lesions. Synonym: balanitis circumscripta plasmacellularis, balanitis of Zoon, Zoon's erythroplasia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calcinosis circumscripta | Localised deposits of calcium salts in the skin and subcutaneous tissues, usually surrounded by a zone of granulomatous inflammation; clinically, the lesions resemble the tophi of gout. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canities circumscripta | An isolated bundle of white eyelash's among normally pigmented eyelash's. Synonym: canities circumscripta, ciliary poliosis, poliosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| melanosis circumscripta precancerosa | An obsolete term for lentigo maligna. (05 Mar 2000) |
| myositis ossificans circumscripta | Local deposit of bone in a muscle, usually following prolonged trauma; e.g., riders' bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| osteitis fibrosa circumscripta | Fibrous dysplasia of a single bone. Synonym: localised osteitis fibrosa, osteitis fibrosa circumscripta. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lipoatrophia circumscripta | Localised fat atrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |