| CVG | contrast ventriculography; coronary venous graft; cutis verticis gyrata |
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| CVG/MR | cutis verticis gyrata/mental retardation [syndrome] |
| LBC | lidocaine blood concentration; lymphadenosis benigna cutis |
| LCB | Laboratory of Cancer Biology; Leber congenital blindness; left costal border; lymphomatosis cutis be... |
| SCARF | skeletal abnormalities, cutis laxa, craniostenosis, psychomotor retardation, facial abnormalities [s... |
| striae parallelae | Dark concentric lines crossing the enamel prisms of the teeth, seen in axial cross sections of the enamel. Synonym: brown striae, striae parallelae. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| striae retinae | Concentric lines on the surface of an abnormal retina. Synonym: Paton's lines. (05 Mar 2000) |
| olfactory striae | Three distinct fibre bands (stria medialis, stria intermedia, stria lateralis) that caudally extend the olfactory tract beyond its attachment to the olfactory trigone. The medial stria curves dorsally into the tenia tecta; the intermediate, often barely visible, extends straight back and terminates in the olfactory tubercle; the lateral olfactory stria, the largest of the three, passes along the lateral side of the olfactory tubercle, curving laterally as far as the limen insulae, then sharply medially to reach the uncus of the parahippocampal gyrus where it terminates in the plexiform layer of the olfactory cortex. See: medial longitudinal stria. Synonym: striae olfactoriae, olfactory roots. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Knapp's striae | Tiny breaks in the elastin-filled tissue in the back of the eye (retinae). These abnormalities are visible to the doctor during an examination using a viewing instrument called an ophthalmoscope. Angioid streaks are seen in patients with pseudoxanthoma elasticum (abbreviated PXE), a rare disorder of degeneration of the elastic fibres with tiny areas of calcification in the skin, back of the eyes (retinae), and blood vessels. Angioid streaks can be associated with blindness. (12 Dec 1998) |
| amoebiasis cutis | Cutaneous amoebiasis, appearing usually as an extension of underlying infection (e.g., anus or colostomy site or over a liver abscess). (05 Mar 2000) |
| amyloidosis cutis | Localised cutaneous amyloidosis with pruritic brownish-red papules, most commonly on the lower legs, due to amyloid infiltration of the papillary dermis. Synonym: amyloidosis cutis, lichen amyloidosis. Origin: G. Leichen, lichen, a lichen-like eruption + eidos, resemblance (05 Mar 2000) |
| ancylostomiasis cutis | Cutaneous larva migrans caused by larvae of hookworms. Synonym: ancylostoma dermatitis, ancylostomiasis cutis, coolie itch, dew itch, ground itch, swamp itch, swimmer's itch, toe itch, water itch, water sore. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aplasia cutis congenita | Congenital absence or deficiency of a localised area of skin, with the base of the defect covered by a thin translucent membrane; most often a single area near the vertex of the scalp, but may occur in other areas; underlying structures may also be affected; autosomal inheritance, either dominant or recessive. (05 Mar 2000) |
| asteatosis cutis | Dry, scaly integument with decrease in sebaceous secretion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atrophia cutis | Atrophy of the skin that may occur either in discrete localised areas or in widespread areas. See: anetoderma. Synonym: atrophia cutis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atrophia maculosa varioliformis cutis | Atrophoderma in which the skin becomes bag like and wrinkled. Synonym: atrophia maculosa varioliformis cutis, atrophoderma maculatum, macular atrophy, primary idiopathic macular atrophy, primary macular atrophy of skin. Origin: G. Anetos, relaxed, + derma, skin (05 Mar 2000) |
| aurantiasis cutis | An obsolete term for carotenosis cutis. Origin: L. Aurantium, orange, + G. -iasis, condition; cutis, skin (05 Mar 2000) |
| benign lymphocytoma cutis | A soft red to violaceous skin nodule often involving the head, caused by dense infiltration of the dermis by lymphocytes and histiocytes, often forming lymphoid follicles, separated from the epidermis by a narrow noninfiltrating layer. Synonym: Spiegler-Fendt pseudolymphoma, Spiegler-Fendt sarcoid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calcinosis cutis | A deposit of calcium in the skin; usually occurs secondary to a preexisting inflammatory, degenerative, or neoplastic dermatosis, and is frequently seen in scleroderma. Synonym: dystrophic calcinosis, skin stones. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carotenosis cutis | A harmless reversible yellow colouration of the skin caused by an increase in carotene content. Synonym: carotenoderma, carotinosis cutis. (05 Mar 2000) |