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Diseases/Disease States

Cancer | Acute lymphoblastic leukemia | Acute myeloid leukemia | Adenoma | Adrenal tumor | Astrocytoma | Anal cancer | Angioma | Appendix cancer | Astrocytoma | B-cell leukemia | B-cell lymphoma | Bone cancer | Brinton's disease | Bile duct | Bladder Cancer | Brain tumor | Breast Cancer | Burkitt's lymphoma | Cervical cancer | Chronic Lymphatic Leukemia | Chronic monocytic leukemia | Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia | Chronic neutrophilic leukemia | Colorectal cancer | Craniopharyngioma | Endometrial Cancer | Esophageal carcinoma | Ewing's Sarcoma | Extramammary Paget's disease | Follicular carcinoma of the Thyroid | Gallbladder cancer | Gastric Cancer | Gastrin secreting tumor | Germ cell tumor | Glioblastoma | Glioma | Gliomatosis cerebri | Glucagonoma | Granulosa cell tumour | Hairy Cell Leukemia | Head and Neck Cancer | Hemangioma | Hepatocellular Carcinoma | Hodgkin's lymphoma | Hurthle cell tumor | Incidentaloma | Insulinoma | Kaposi Sarcoma | Kidney cancer | Laryngeal cancer | Leiomyosarcoma | Lipoma | Lung cancer | Lymphoma | Mediastinal tumor | Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid | Medulloblastoma | Melanoma | Meningioma | Mesothelioma | Multiple myeloma | Nasopharyngeal carcinoma | Nerve tumor | Neuroblastoma | Neurofibroma | Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | Oat cell carcinoma of the lung | Oligodendroglioma | Oncocytoma | Mouth cancer | Ovarian cancer | Paget's disease of the breast | Pancreatic Cancer | Papillary carcinoma of the thyroid | Parotid gland tumor | Pituitary adenoma | Prostate Cancer | Papilloma | Paraganglioma | Prolactinoma | Renal Cell Carcinoma | Retina cancer | Sacrococcygeal teratoma | Salivary gland tumor | Schwann cell tumor | Skin cancer | Small cell carcinoma | Small intestine cancer | Soft tissue sarcoma | Squamous cell carcinoma | Stomach cancer | T-cell lymphoma | Teratoma | Testicular Cancer | Thecoma | Thymoma | Thyroid cancer | Uterine cancer | Vaginal cancer | Vulvar Cancer


Gastrointestinal Disease | Abdominal angina | Accessory pancreas | Achalasia | Achlorhydria | Acute liver failure | Acute pancreatitis | Alagille syndrome | Alcoholic liver disease | Anal abscess | Anal fissure | Anal fistula | Ankyloglossia | Annular pancreas | Appendicitis | Ascending cholangitis | Barrett's esophagus | Biliary fistula | Biliary tree | Blind loop syndrome | Boerhaave syndrome | Bowel obstruction | Celiac disease | Cholangitis | Cholecystitis | Choledochal cysts | Choledocholithiasis | Cholestasis | Cholesterolosis | Chronic pancreatitis | Cirrhosis | Cleft lip and palate | Constipation | Crohn's disease | Diaphragmatic hernia | Diarrhea | Direct inguinal hernia | Diverticulitis | Diverticulosis | Duodenitis | Dyspepsia | Esophageal atresia | Esophageal web | Fatty liver | Femoral hernia | Gallbladder | Gallstones | Gastric dumping syndrome | Gastritis | Gastrointestinal bleeding | Gastroparesis | Gastroptosis | GERD | Hematemesis | Hepatorenal syndrome | Hereditary pancreatitis | Hiatus hernia | Hirschsprung's disease | IBD | IBS | Imperforate anus | Incisional hernia | Indirect inguinal hernia | Intestinal atresia | Intestinal malrotation | Intussusception | Liver failure | Lower gastrointestinal bleeding | Macroglossia | Malabsorption | Mallory-Weiss syndrome | Meckel's diverticulum | Megacolon | Melena | Mirizzi's syndrome | NASH | Pancreas | Pancreas divisum | Pancreatic pseudocyst | Peliosis hepatis | Peptic ulcer | Peritonitis | Persistent cloaca | Pharyngeal pouch | Portal hypertension | Postcholecystectomy syndrome | Primary sclerosing cholangitis | Proctalgia fugax | Proctitis | Pyloric stenosis | Radiation proctitis | Rectal prolapse | Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses | Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis | Toxic megacolon | Tracheoesophageal fistula | Tropical sprue | Ulcerative colitis | Umbilical hernia | Upper gastrointestinal bleeding | Van der Woude syndrome | Volvulus | Whipple's disease | Zenker's diverticulum


Ear, Nose & Throat | Bell's palsy | Canker sore | Ear infection | Earache | Halitosis | Head and neck cancer | Hearing Loss | Hoarseness | Hypertrophic Gums | Meniere's Disease | Middle ear infection | Oral cancer | Outer ear infection | Perforated eardrum | Runny nose | Sinus Infection | Snoring | Sore Throat | Thyroglossal cyst | Vertigo | Zenker's diverticulum


Heart Disease | Heart Attack | Angina | Aortic stenosis | Leaking Aortic Valve | Blocked Aortic Valve | Leaking Mitral Valve | Blocked Mitral Valve | Atrial Fibrillation (Irregular Heart Beat) | Sudden Death/Defibrillator | Bradycardia|Pacemaker / Slow Heart Beat | Heart Failure | Pericardial Disease | Cardiac Disease in Pregnancy


Congenital Heart Disease | Transposition of the great vessels | Ventricular septal defect | Atrial septal defect | Tetralogy of Fallot | Eisenmenger's syndrome | Ebstein's anomaly | Dextrocardia | Levocardia | Cor triatriatum | Patent ductus arteriosus | Aortic coarctation | Interrupted aortic arch | Overriding aorta | Aneurysm of sinus of Valsalva | Vascular ring) | Pulmonary atresia | Persistent left superior vena cava | Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection


Endocrine Disease | 5-alpha-reductase deficiency | Acromegaly | Addison's disease | Adrenal insufficiency | Androgen insensitivity syndrome | Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome | Bartter syndrome | Carcinoid syndrome | Congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency | Congenital adrenal hyperplasia | Congenital hypothyroidism | Cretinism | Cushing's syndrome | Delayed puberty | Diabetes insipidus | Diabetes mellitus type 1 | Diabetes mellitus type 2 | Diabetic coma | Diabetic ketoacidosis| Diabetic nephropathy | Diabetic neuropathy | Diabetic retinopathy | Goitre | Graves disease | Growth hormone deficiency | Hashimoto's thyroiditis | Hyperaldosteronism | Hyperinsulinism | Hyperparathyroidism | Hyperpituitarism | Hyperprolactinaemia | Hyperthyroidism | Hypoglycemia | Hypogonadism | Hypoparathyroidism | Hypopituitarism | Hypothyroidism | Iodine deficiency | Kallmann syndrome | Laron syndrome | Multiple endocrine neoplasia | Polycystic ovary syndrome | Precocious puberty | Premature ovarian failure | Primary hyperparathyroidism | Progeria | Pseudo-Cushing's syndrome | Pseudohypoparathyroidism | Psychogenic dwarfism | Secondary hyperparathyroidism | Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone | Teratoma | Zollinger-Ellison syndrome


Metabolic Disease | Adrenoleukodystrophy | Albinism | Alkaptonuria | Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency | Amyloidosis | Carnitine | Citrullinemia | Crigler-Najjar syndrome | Cystic fibrosis | Cystinosis | Electrolyte disturbance | Galactosemia | Gaucher's disease | Gilbert's syndrome | Glutaric acidemia type 1 | Glycogen storage disease | Haemochromatosis | Homocystinuria | Hunter syndrome | Hurler syndrome | Hypercholesterolemia | Hyperlipidemia | Lactose intolerance | Lesch-Nyhan syndrome | Maple syrup urine disease | Mucolipidosis | Mucopolysaccharidosis | N-Acetylglutamate synthase deficiency | Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis | Niemann-Pick disease | Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency | Phenylketonuria | Propionic acidemia | Pyruvate carboxylase deficiency | Sandhoff disease | Tay-Sachs disease | Tyrosinemia | Wilson's disease


Eye | Stye


Hematoligical Disease | Allergic purpura | Asplenia/hyposplenism|Absence of normal spleen function | Acquired PRCA | Acute monocytic leukemia | Agranulocytosis | Antithrombin III deficiency | Aplastic anemia | Diamond-Blackfan anemia | DIC | Elevated WBC count | Erdheim-Chester disease | Evans syndrome | Factor XIII deficiency | Fanconi anemia | Glanzmann's thrombasthenia | G6PD Deficiency | Grey platelet syndrome | Hemochromatosis | Haemophilia A | Haemophilia B | Haemophilia C | Hemophilia | Hemoglobinopathy | Hemolytic anemia | Hemolytic disease of the newborn | Hemolytic-uremic syndrome | Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis | Hereditary elliptocytosis | Hereditary spherocytosis | Hereditary stomatocytosis | Histiocytosis | Immune thrombocytopenic purpura | Iron deficiency anemia | Juvenile xanthogranuloma | Langerhans cell histiocytosis | Long term iron deficiency anemia | Moschcowitz disease | Low neutrophil count | Low lymphocyte count | Lymphocytosis | Malignant histiocytosis | Megaloblastic anemia | Methemoglobinemia | Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia | Monocytosis | Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria | Pernicious anemia | Protein C deficiency | Protein S deficiency | Purpura | RBC deficiency | Sickle-cell disease | Sideroblastic anemia | Thalassemia | Von Willebrand disease | Warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia


Infections | AIDS | Amoebiasis | Anthrax | Avian influenza | Babesiosis | Bornholm disease | Botulism | Boutonneuse fever | Bubonic plague | Canker sore | Chagas disease | Chickenpox | Chlamydia | Cholera | Clostridium | Common Cold | CMV Human herpesvirus 5 | Coccidia | Dengue fever | Ebola | Foot-and-mouth disease | Genital wart | Gonorrhea | Group B streptococcal infection | Hepatitis A | Hepatitis B | Hepatitis C | Hepatitis D | Hepatitis E | Herpes simplex | HIV | Impetigo | Influenza | Leishmaniasis | Listeriosis | Lyme disease | Malaria | Measles | Monkeypox | Mononucleosis | Mumps | Paratyphoid fever | Plantar wart | Poliomyelitis | Rabies | Rat-bite fever | Relapsing fever | Rocky Mountain spotted fever | Rubella | Salmonella | Scarlet fever | Sinus Infection | Sleeping sickness | Smallpox | Sore throat | Strept throat | Tetanus | Toxic shock syndrome | Toxoplasmosis | Trench mouth | Tuberculosis | Tularemia | Typhoid fever | Typhus | Upper respiratory tract infection | Viral Gastroenteritis | Viral pneumonia | Whooping cough | Yellow fever


Skin Disorders | Abrasion | Abscess | Acne | Alopecia | Atopic Dermatitis | Baldness | Basal cell carcinoma | Bechet's syndrome | Bedsore | Behçet's disease | Birthmark | Blackhead | Blister | Blue nevus | Boil | Bullous pemphigoid | Burns | Cellulite | Chapped lips | Cherry angioma | Contact Dermatitis | Dandruff | Dermabrasion | Dermatomyositis | Dermoid cyst | Dysplastic nevus | Eczema |Environmental sensitivity | Erysipelas | Erythema Nodosum | Erythromelagia | Exanthem | Excoriation | Flushing | Folliculitis | Freckle | Hand and Foot Rashes | Hangnail | Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia | Herpangina | Herpes Simplex Virus | Herpes Zoster | Hidradenitis suppurativa | Hirsutism | Hyperhidrosis | Hyperkeratinization | Hypertrichosis | Ingrown hair | Insect bites and stings | Keloid | Leg Ulcer | Leprosy | Lichen planus | Lichenification | Livedoid vasculitis | Liver spot | Lymphedema | Maculopapular rash | Malar rash | Melasma | Mycosis fungoides | Neurofibromatosis | Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome | Nevus | Pallor | Panniculitis | Paronychia | Pemphigoid | Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome | | Photosensitivity | Pityriasis rubra pilaris | Plantar wart | Porphyria | Port-wine stain | Postherpetic neuralgia | Pseudofolliculitis barbae | Psoriatic arthritis |Purpura | Pustulosis | Rash | Red Face | Ringworm | Scar | Scarlet fever Seborrheic keratosis | Shingles | Squamous cell carcinoma | Stasis dermatitis | Stretch marks | Striae | Sun tanning | Swimmer's itch | Systemic Lupus Erythematosus | Tattoo | Telangiectasia | Toxic epidermal necrolysis | Ulcer | Urticaria | Urticaria pigmentosa | Vulvar Pruritus | Widow's peak | Windburn | Wound healing | Wrinkle | Xanthoma | Xeroderma pigmentosum


Pediatrics | Aarskog-Scott syndrome | Alagille syndrome | Bartter syndrome | Berdon syndrome | Biliary atresia| Bronchiolitis | Celiac disease | Cerebro-Oculo-Facio-Skeletal syndrome | Chédiak-Higashi syndrome | Chickenpox | Crigler-Najjar syndrome | Crigler-Najjar syndrome | De Toni-Debré-Fanconi syndrome | Diamond-Blackfan anemia | Down syndrome | Dubowitz syndrome | Duke's disease | Fifth disease | Fragile X syndrome | Griscelli syndrome | Haemorrhagic disease of the newborn | Hemolytic disease of the newborn | Hyper-IgE syndrome | Infant respiratory distress syndrome | Juvenile dermatomyositis | Juvenile idiopathic arthritis | Kasabach-Merritt syndrome | Kawasaki disease | Larsen syndrome | Lesch-Nyhan's syndrome | Measles | Meconium aspiration syndrome | Microvillous inclusion disease | Mumps | Neonatal jaundice | Nephrotic syndrome | Reye's syndrome | Rubella | Scarlet fever | Schwachman-Diamond syndrome | Wilson-Mikity syndrome



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