Saturday, July 4, 2009

What the Hell is?!

  • Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome - an X-linked recessive disease characterized by thrombocytopenia, eczema and vulnerability to recurrent infection.
  • Sjogren's Syndrome - characterized by keratoconjunctivitis and xerostomia secondary to immunologically-mediated destruction of lacrimal and salivary glands; also known as Sicca Syndrome.
  • Erythroblastosis Fetalis - a hemolytic disease secondary to blood group incompatibility between the mother and child.
  • Takayasu's Arteritis - syndrome consists of weakening of pulses in UE secondary to thickening of aortic arch; a.k.a "pulseless disease".
  • Kawasaki Syndrome - an arteritis of large, medium, and small arteries with mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome; characterized by fever, conjunctival and oral erythema, edema of hand and feet as well as enlargement of cervical lymph nodes; self-limiting.
Sources: Cotran, Kumar, and Robbins

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