| cutaneous diphtheria | An ulcer resulting from infection of the skin by Corynebacterium diphtheriae; systemic manifestations are the same as those of pharyngeal diphtheria. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cutaneous emphysema | The presence of air in the subcutaneous tissue, may be seen in cases of pneumothorax. (27 Sep 1997) |
| cutaneous fistula | An abnormal passage or communication leading from an internal organ to the surface of the body, as bronchocutaneous, vesicocutaneous, renocutaneous, colocutaneous, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cutaneous focal mucinosis | Flesh-coloured papules of the skin, composed of homogenous mucinous material with scattered fibroblasts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cutaneous gangrene | Gangrene of the skin characterised by sloughing; may occur in shingles or in any acute infection that interferes with superficial circulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cutaneous glands | Any of the glands of the skin. Synonym: glandulae cutis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cutaneous graft versus host reaction | An acute erythematous maculopapular reaction with bulla formation in the most severe cases; chronic changes may resemble lichen planus or scleroderma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cutaneous habronaemiasis | Chronic granulomatous sores on the skin of horses caused by fly-borne larvae of Draschia megastoma (primarily), Habronema muscae, and habronaemiasis majus which are deposited in skin wounds; the lesions are characterised by being pulpy and persistent but usually regress spontaneously in winter. Synonym: summer sores. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cutaneous haemorrhoids | Hyperplasia of the connective tissue in one or more of the normal radiating folds of the skin immediately surrounding the anus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cutaneous horn | A protruding keratotic growth of the skin; the base may show changes of actinic keratosis or carcinoma. Synonym: cornu cutaneum, warty horn. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cutaneous larva migrans | <dermatology, microbiology> Also called creeping eruption. This condition results from infection of the human skin by the larvae of the dog and cat hookworm, A. Brasiliense. The result is a red, raised, tunnel on the surface of the skin. Severe itching is common. Beaches and other moist sandy areas are common locations for infection. Thiabendazole is the drug of choice. (13 Nov 1997) |
| cutaneous layer of tympanic membrane | The thin layer of skin on the external surface of the tympanic membrane. Synonym: cutaneous layer of tympanic membrane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cutaneous leishmaniasis | Infection with promastigotes (leptomonads) of Leishmania tropica and of leishmaniasis major inoculated into the skin by the bite of an infected sandfly, Phlebotomus (commonly P. Papatasi); it is endemic in parts of Asia Minor, northern Africa, and India, and is known by innumerable names, each indicating its locality (e.g., Aleppo, Baghdad, Delhi, or Jericho boil; Aden ulcer; Biskra button); the ulcer begins as a papule that enlarges to a nodule and then breaks down into an ulcer. Two distinctive clinical and epidemiological diseases are recognised, the more common and widespread zoonotic rural disease with a moist acute form, caused by L. Major, with reservoir rodent hosts; and an urban, anthroponotic, dry, chronic form of leishmaniasis caused by leishmaniasis tropica, without a reservoir host, and now largely controlled. See: zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis, anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis. Synonym: juccuya, Old World leishmaniasis, tropical sore. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cutaneous loop ureterostomy | A stoma constructed of ureter at skin level for drainage of urine. This may be an end stoma or a loop stoma. Usually performed because of distal obstruction. Synonym: cutaneous loop ureterostomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cutaneous lupus erythematosus | Skin disease seen in patients with discoid form of lupus erythematosus, a term for a variety of skin lesions seen in systemic lupus erythematosus. (05 Mar 2000) |