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ACD
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ACD Angiokeratoma corporis diffusum. Fabry's disease. X-linked recessive inheritance. Caused by accumulation of triglycosylceramide in blood vessels and autonomic nervous system.
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Disease
Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the rubella (German measles) virus.
Blood
The life-maintaining fluid which is made up of plasma, red blood cells (erythrocytes), white blood cells (leukocytes), and platelets; blood circulates through the body's heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries; it carries away waste matter and carbon dioxide, and brings nourishment, electrolytes, hormones, vitamins, antibodies, heat, and oxygen to the tissues.
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Acrosclerosis
Skin changes at the extremities typical of scleroderma.
Algodystrophy
A painful disorder in which there is evidence of overactivity of the sympathetic nervous system with trophic changes in skin.
Alkaptonuria
Due to deficiency of homogentisic acid oxidase with features of ochronosis - pigmentation of articular cartilage, early osteoarthritis and calcification of intervertebral discs. Urine turns dark on standing.
Amyloid
A proteinaceous fibrillar material deposited at extracellular sites in various tissues and organs. The pattern of deposition varies according to whether it is the Primary or Secondary (to a chronic inflammatory disease) form.
ANCA
Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody. Found as cANCA or pANCA. The former is found in Wegener's granulomatosis whereas the latter is more non-specific.
ACD
Ankylosing hyperostosis
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis. (DISH, Forestier's disease). Florid new bone formation at entheses results in spinal stiffness. May be confused with ankylosing spondylitis.
Aneurysmal bone cyst
A rare bone tumour which usually occurs in the teens and often in the spine. Locally destructive.
Ankylosis
Fusion - may be bony as in Ankylosing spondylitis.
Annulus fibrosis
Tough outer layer of intervertebral disc.
Anserine bursa
Bursa lying medial to the knee.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Disease
Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the rubella (German measles) virus.
Blood
The life-maintaining fluid which is made up of plasma, red blood cells (erythrocytes), white blood cells (leukocytes), and platelets; blood circulates through the body's heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries; it carries away waste matter and carbon dioxide, and brings nourishment, electrolytes, hormones, vitamins, antibodies, heat, and oxygen to the tissues.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Acrosclerosis
Skin changes at the extremities typical of scleroderma.
Algodystrophy
A painful disorder in which there is evidence of overactivity of the sympathetic nervous system with trophic changes in skin.
Alkaptonuria
Due to deficiency of homogentisic acid oxidase with features of ochronosis - pigmentation of articular cartilage, early osteoarthritis and calcification of intervertebral discs. Urine turns dark on standing.
Amyloid
A proteinaceous fibrillar material deposited at extracellular sites in various tissues and organs. The pattern of deposition varies according to whether it is the Primary or Secondary (to a chronic inflammatory disease) form.
ANCA
Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody. Found as cANCA or pANCA. The former is found in Wegener's granulomatosis whereas the latter is more non-specific.
ACD
Ankylosing hyperostosis
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis. (DISH, Forestier's disease). Florid new bone formation at entheses results in spinal stiffness. May be confused with ankylosing spondylitis.
Aneurysmal bone cyst
A rare bone tumour which usually occurs in the teens and often in the spine. Locally destructive.
Ankylosis
Fusion - may be bony as in Ankylosing spondylitis.
Annulus fibrosis
Tough outer layer of intervertebral disc.
Anserine bursa
Bursa lying medial to the knee.
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