24th September 2008
Jackson-Weiss Syndrome (JWS) is a infrequent genetic disorder characterized by foot abnormalities. The feet show very broad big toes and webbing of the skin between the second and third toes. Additionally, the toes are angled inward. Bony foot defects app...
24th September 2008
Intestinal pseudo-obstruction labels a rare group of diseases that may lead to failure of gut functions. Intestinal pseudoobstruction is the decreased ability of the intestines to push food through, and often causes dilation of different parts of the bowe...
24th September 2008
Intraocular melanoma is the most familiar eye cancer in adults. Intraocular melanoma is a form of cancerous tumor in the eye. The fraction of the eye affected by this rare type of cancer is the uvea. The uvea contains cells called melanocytes. When these ...
24th September 2008
Intervertebral disk (IVD) disease in the dog is a common clinical disorder manifested by pain, ataxia, paresis, motor paralysis, or sensor motor paralysis. It occurs most often in the chondrodystrophoid dogs but also affects the nonchondrodystrophoid bree...
24th September 2008
Insulinoma is one of the most common neuro-endocrine tumors of the pancreas. Insulinoma involves the beta cells in the pancreas of the ferret that develop into tumor, and is unfortunately fairly common in ferrets aged 2-4 and up. It is this tumor(s) that ...
24th September 2008
Inflammatory breast cancer is the most violent type of breast cancer. It is not a new type of breast cancer. Inflammatory breast cancer is blocking the lymph vessels in the skin of the breast. Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) causes changes in the nipple ...
24th September 2008
Infectious Endocarditis is an illness of the lining of the heart chambers and heart valves, result by bacteria, fungi, or other infectious agents. In several congenital cardiac diseases, infection can also happen in the lining of the arteries that come ou...
24th September 2008
Infectious myocarditis is a disease in the muscles of the heart, most commonly caused by the Coxsackievirus that follows upon a respiratory or viral disease. Myocarditis may be a snag during or after diverse viral, bacterial, or parasitic infectious disea...
24th September 2008
Infectious arthritis also known as, septic arthritis. Infectious arthritis is a type of joint inflammation caused by a germ. Infectious arthritis (septic arthritis) is infection in the fluid and tissues of a joint generally caused by bacteria, viruses, my...
24th September 2008
Insulinomas are the most common pancreatic endocrine tumor. Insulinoma is a tumor of the pancreas that produces too much amounts of insulin. High insulin levels cause low blood sugar levels (hypoglycemia). Hypoglycemia may be gentle, leading to symptoms s...
24th September 2008
Mycobacterium marinum (M. marinum) is a slow-growing different bacterium that is commonly initiate in bodies of fresh or saltwater in lots of parts of the world. Infection with Mycobacterium marinum can arise worldwide, most commonly in individuals with o...
24th September 2008
Infantile spasms also called West syndrome. Infantile spasms are an uncommon to rare and grave form of epilepsy in infants. About 60% of the affected infants have some brain disorder or brain injury before the seizures begin, but the others have had no ap...
24th September 2008
Infantile digital fibromatosis (IDF) is a benign asymptomatic nodular proliferation of fibrous tissue occurring almost exclusively on the dorsal and lateral aspects of the fingers or the toes. This lesion has also been referred to as Reye tumor, infantile...
24th September 2008
Incontinentia pigmenti (IP) is neurocutaneous disorders. Incontinentia pigmenti (IP) is caused by mutations in the NEMO/IKK-gamma gene, which is sited on chromosome Xq28. NEMO/IKK-gamma is the rigid subunit of the inhibitor kappa kinase (IKK) complex and ...
24th September 2008
Inclusion conjunctivitis is a self-limited suppurative conjunctivitis, acquired by newborns as they transit the birth canal. It is caused by Chlamydia trachomatis. This disease affects four of 1,000 (0.4%) live births. Approximately half of the childâ€...
