| arth | arthritis |
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| ASD | aldosterone secretion defect; Alzheimer senile dementia; antisiphon device; arthritis syphilitica de... |
| AUD | arthritis of unknown diagnosis |
| BASE | B27-arthritis-sacroiliitis-extra-articular features [syndrome] |
| CAE | caprine arthritis-encephalitis; cellulose acetate electrophoresis; contingent after-effects; coronar... |
| filarial arthritis | Arthritis occurring in filariasis, probably due to extravasation of lipid-rich lymph resembling chyle into the joint space. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| fungal arthritis | <pathology, rheumatology> Infection of a joint space by fungus. Common fungi that can cause mycotic arthritis include coccidioidomycosis, histoplasmosis, blastomycosis, cryptococcosis, sporotrichosis and candidiasis. Infection of a joint generally occurs as a result of a primary fungal infection in the lungs. Treatment is with antifungal agents (for example amphotericin B, ketoconazole). (27 Sep 1997) |
| lyme arthritis | <radiology> Migratory polyarthritis, common in New England (named for Lyme, Conn.), spirochete (Borrelia) transmitted by tick (Ixodes dammini), joint effusion, especially knee (may be only finding), skin lesions: erythema chronicum migrans (12 Dec 1998) |