| BLEL | benign lympho-epithelial lesion |
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| BPL | benign proliferative lesion; benzyl penicilloyl-polylysine; beta-propiolactone |
| DMNL | dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus lesion |
| E* | lesion on the erythrocyte cell membrane at the site of complement fixation |
| HSIL | high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion |
| Mallory-Weiss lesion | Laceration of the gastric cardia, as seen in the Mallory-Weiss syndrome. Synonym: Mallory-Weiss tear. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| gelatinous lesion | A small area of oedema in the arterial intima, possibly a precursor of a fibrous plaque. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Ghon's primary lesion | Calcification seen in pulmonary parenchyma (usually mid-lung area) and hilar nodes resulting from earlier, usually childhood, infection with tuberculosis. Synonym: Ghon's complex, Ghon's focus, Ghon's primary lesion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| GI-tract target lesion | <radiology> Metastatic melanoma, primary neoplasm, spindle cell tumour (benign or malignant), lymphoma, carcinoid, carcinoma, metastasis, breast carcinoma, lung carcinoma, renal carcinoma, Kaposi's sarcoma, eosinophilic granuloma, ectopic pancreas (12 Dec 1998) |
| caviar lesion | A dilated vein or varicule existing in the venous collecting system under the tongue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gross lesion | A lesion plainly visible to the naked eye. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ring-wall lesion | A small ring haemorrhage in the brain that stimulates proliferation of a glial ring. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coin lesion of lungs | A solitary, round, circumscribed shadow found in the lung on chest radiograph; causes include granuloma, primary or metastatic carcinoma, benign tumour, vascular malformation. Synonym: coin lesion of lungs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coin lesion, pulmonary | Solitary, round, circumscribed shadows found in the lungs in X-ray examinations. Common causes are tuberculosis, neoplasms, cysts, or vascular anomalies. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cold liver lesion | <radiology> Size for detection = 1-2 cm (3-cm deep lesions), primary tumour (haemangioma hot by Tc-RBCs), metastasis, inflammatory lesion (e.g., amebic abscess), degenerative disease, trauma, congenital lesion (solitary cyst or polycystic disease) see: liver-spleen scan (12 Dec 1998) |
| cold spleen lesion | <radiology> Infarction, lymphoma, haematoma, tumour, splenic artery aneurysm, pancreatic pseudocyst, variant, artifact, absent spleen, splenectomy, sickle cell disease, trauma see: liver-spleen scan (12 Dec 1998) |
| wire-loop lesion | Thickening of the basement membrane, with fibrinoid staining, of scattered peripheral capillaries in renal glomeruli; characteristic of renal involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus; the appearance of an affected capillary wall resembles a loop used in microbiology. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Councilman's lesion | An eosinophilic globule, seen in the liver in yellow fever, derived from necrosis of a single hepatic cell. Synonym: Councilman's lesion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| precancerous lesion | A noninvasive lesion with a predictable likelihood of becoming malignant; e.g., actinic keratosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hill-Sachs lesion | An irregularity seen in the head of the humerus following dislocation of the shoulder; caused by impaction of the head of the humerus against the edge of the glenoid. (05 Mar 2000) |