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- Title: Pocket Reference to Health Disorders
- Author : Linda C. deWolfe Fritschle & Susan R. Rudnick
- Release Date : January 01, 1983
- Genre: Medical,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 1369 KB
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Aarskog Syndrome (faciogenital dysplasia). A hereditary X-linked condition characterized by shortness of stature, facial anomalies, and “saddle bag scrotum” (the s*****m overhangs the penis).
Abetalipoproteinemia (Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome, acanthocytosis). An inherited disorder (autosomal recessive trait) of lipid metabolism causing a decrease in lipid levels in plasma. Major clinical manifestations are malabsorption of fat, ataxia, muscular weakness and atrophy, retinitis pigmentosa, acanthocytosis, and a chronic progressive neurologic deficit usually beginning in childhood.
Abruptio Placentae (placental abruption, ablation placentae). During pregnancy, a premature detachment of the placenta from the wall of the uterus any time after the 20th week to the time of birth. Clinical findings include external hemorrhage of either bright or dark red blood, but the bleeding may be concealed and the uterus enlarges as the blood collects and infiltrates the muscle wall. Uterine tetany and tenderness, maternal hypotension, fetal death, and coagulopathy may be present.
Acanthocytosis. See Abetalipoproteinemia.
Achalasia. A motor disorder that involves the lower two-thirds portion of the esophagus. The esophageal sphincter pressure is elevated, there is no peristaltic response to swallowing, and relaxation of the sphincter is not complete. Symptoms can include substernal pain following eating, weight loss, dysphagia, and dilatation of the esophagus and stagnation of the food in the esophagus, often causing regurgitation.
Achondrogenesis. A congenital bone and connective tissue dysplasia characterized by low nasal bridge, short limbs, unmineralized vertebrae, and mental retardation.
Achondroplasia. A common type of dwarfism. A condition that is inherited (autosomal dominant trait). The length of the spine is usually normal but the limbs, hands, and feet are shortened. The head is large and accompanied by a saddle nose, and there is an exaggerated lumbar lordosis. There is normal mental and sexual development.