Saturday, July 4, 2009

Also known as....; some terminologies

  • Hydroperitoneum - ascites
  • Factor XII - Hageman Factor
  • Phlebothrombosis - Venous Thrombosis
  • Mucoplysaccharidosis II - Hunter Syndrome
  • Glycogen Storage Diseases:
Type I - Gierke Disease - hepatorenal
Type II - Pompe Disease - Generalized
Type V - McArdle Syndrome - myopathic type

  • Neurofibromatosis I - von Recklinghausen Disease
  • Neurofibromatosis II - Acoustic neurofibromatosis
  • Sicca Syndrome - Sjogren's Syndrome
  • Takayasu's Arteritis - pulseless disease
  • Kawasaki Syndrome - Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
  • Thromboangitis Obliterans (TAO) - Buerger's Disease

Terminologies:
  • Anasarca - severe and generalized edema
  • keratoconjunctivitis sicca - dry eyes; characteristic of Sjogren's Synrome.
  • Xerostomia - dry mouth; also a characteristic of Sjogren's Syndrome.
  • Xerophthalmia - conjunctival keratinization
  • Keratomalacia - corneal softening and ulceration.
  • Shoshin Beri Beri - form of heart failure secondary to deficiency of Thiamine.

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