Dysphagia
Dysphagia is difficulty in swallowing. Although classified under "symptoms and signs" in ICD-10, in some contexts it is classified as a condition in its own right.
- Oropharyngeal dysphagia
- Oropharyngeal dysphagia arises from abnormalities of muscles, nerves or structures of the oral cavity, pharynx, and upper esophageal sphincter
- Erythema induratum
- Erythema induratum is a panniculitis on the calves. It occurs mainly in women, but it is very rare now. Historically, when it has occurred, it has often been concomitant with cutaneous tuberculosis, and it was formerly thought to be always a reaction to
- Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis
- Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE) is a form of endocarditis in which small sterile vegetations are deposited on the valve leaflets. Formerly known as marantic endocarditis, which comes from the Greek marantikos, meaning "wasting away". The term
- Pituitary apoplexy
- Pituitary apoplexy is bleeding into or impaired blood supply of the pituitary gland. This usually occurs in the presence of a tumor of the pituitary, although in 80% of cases this has not been diagnosed previously. The most common initial symptom is a
- Bile duct hamartoma
- A bile duct hamartoma or biliary hamartoma, is a benign tumour-like malformation of the liver
- Esophageal motility study
- An esophageal motility study (EMS) or esophageal manometry is a test to assess motor function of the upper esophageal sphincter (UES), esophageal body and lower esophageal sphincter (LES
- Adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency
- Adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency is a result of a decreased or absent production of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) by the pituitary gland. It can be associated with TBX19
- Cholesterol embolism
- Cholesterol embolism occurs when cholesterol is released, usually from an atherosclerotic plaque, and travels as an embolus in the bloodstream to lodge causing an obstruction in blood vessels further away. Most commonly this causes skin symptoms, gangrene
- One and a half syndrome
- The one and a half syndrome is a rare weakness in eye movement affecting both eyes, in which one cannot move laterally at all, and the other can move only in outward direction. More formally, it is characterized by "a conjugate horizontal gaze palsy in
- Homotopic connectivity
- In biology, homotopic connectivity is the connectivity between mirror areas of the human brain hemispheres