| PMD | Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease; posterior mandibular depth; primary myocardial disease; private medici... |
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| PRAGMATIC | pregnancy, rheumatoid arthritis, acromegaly, glucose metabolism disorders, mechanical injury, amyloi... |
| PVD | patient very disturbed; peripheral vascular disease; portal vein dilation; posterior vitreous detach... |
| PVOD | pulmonary vascular obstructive disease; pulmonary veno-occlusive disease |
| RHD | radiological health data; relative hepatic dullness; renal hypertensive disease; rheumatic heart dis... |
Schanz's syndrome
| Recklinghausen's disease of bone | Rarefying osteitis with fibrous degeneration and formation of cysts, and with the presence of fibrous nodules on the affected bones. It is due to marked osteoclastic activity secondary to hyperfunction of the parathyroid glands. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| Recklinghausen's disease type I | type 2 neurofibromatosis |
| Gerhardt-Mitchell disease | Disease marked by paroxysmal, bilateral vasodilatation, particularly of the extremities, with burning pain, and increased skin temperature and redness. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Gerhardt's disease | Disease marked by paroxysmal, bilateral vasodilatation, particularly of the extremities, with burning pain, and increased skin temperature and redness. (12 Dec 1998) |
| vertebral-basilar artery disease | <cardiology> Aortic arch syndrome, also referred to by many as vertebral-basilar artery disease, carotid artery occlusive syndrome and subclavian steal syndrome is characterised by a constellation of signs and symptoms which occur secondary to abnormalities in the major arteries which extend off of the aortic arch. These abnormalities are structural and most often secondary to the effects of atherosclerosis, blood clots, trauma or a congenital abnormality. Symptoms of this condition include various neurologic symptoms, reduction in pulse and changes in blood pressure. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Gerlier's disease | A paroxysmal attack of severe vertigo, not accompanied by deafness or tinnitus, which affects young to middle-aged adults, often following a non-specific upper respiratory infection; due to unilateral vestibular dysfunction. Synonym: endemic paralytic vertigo, epidemic vertigo, Gerlier's disease, kubisagari, kubisagaru, paralyzing vertigo. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Martin's disease | A periosteoarthritis of the foot from excessive walking. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Carrington's disease | <radiology> Idiopathic, associated with allergies and desensitization, variant of Loeffler pneumonia, treatment: corticosteroids Findings: reverse pulmonary oedema pattern (= Loeffler's), areas of consolidation persists (days to weeks) see: eosinophilic lung disease (12 Dec 1998) |
| Carrion's disease | A generalised, acute, febrile, endemic, and systemic form of bartonellosis; marked by high fever, rheumatic pains, progressive, severe anaemia, and albuminuria. Synonym: Carrion's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gestational trophoblastic disease | (choriocarcinoma, molar pregnancy) a type of cancer associated with pregnancy in which a grape-like mole develops in the womb instead of a foetus. (16 Dec 1997) |
| parrot disease | <chest medicine, disease> Psittacosis is primarily an infectious disease of birds caused by the bacterium Chlamydia psittaci. Transmission from infected birds results in a relatively rare febrile illness characterised by pneumonia and systemic symptoms. A flu-like illness can also occur. Almost any bird can harbor this bacterium in their excreta, tissues, feathers and secretions, but parrots, parakeets and budgerigars are the most common. Psittacosis is considered an occupational disease of pet shop owners. Psittacosis is almost always transmitted to humans by the respiratory route. Average incubation is 7-14 days. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Parrot's disease | Pseudoparalysis in infants, due to syphilitic osteochondritis. Synonym: marasmus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parry's disease | Toxic multinodular goiter. Named for the english physician caleb hillier parry (1755-1822). Also called plummer's disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Gierke's disease | Glycogenosis due to glucose-6-phosphatase deficiency, resulting in accumulation of excessive amounts of glycogen of normal chemical structure, particularly in liver and kidney. Synonym: Gierke's disease, glucose-6-phosphatase hepatorenal glycogenosis, von Gierke's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| castleman disease | <radiology> Angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia, benign lymphoid hyperplasia, massively enlarged lymph nodes, mediastinum most common; rarely in mesentery, age less than 30 yrs, types: hyaline vascular (90%), asymptomatic, vascular proliferation and hyalinization, plasma cell (10%), fever, anaemia, increased sed rate, increased IgG (12 Dec 1998) |