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Stasis Dermatitis

Stasis dermatitis is inflammation of the skin of the lower legs caused by chronic venous insufficiency. Stasis dermatitis occurs in patients with chronic venous insufficiency because blood pools in the legs, causing persistent edema.
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Nanocephalic Dwarfism

Nanocephalic dwarfism or Seckel syndrome is a rare inherited disorder characterised mainly by retarded growth, mental retardation, small head and a facial appearance resembling a bird. It is often referred to as bird-headed dwarfism and various other skeletal, cutaneous, and genital defects.
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Nail Patella Syndrome

Nail-Patella syndrome (NPS) also known as hereditary osteo-onychodysplasia is a rare genetic disorder inherited through autosomal dominance that causes abnormalities of bone, joints, fingernails and kidneys mainly involving organs of both ectodermal and mesodermal origin.The diagnostic tetrad includes fingernail dysplasia, absent or hypoplastic patellae, the presence of posterior conical iliac horns, and deformation or luxation (ie, hypoplasia) of the radial heads. Kidney disease and glaucoma are now recognized as part of the syndrome. The most serious complication associated with nail-patella syndrome is nephropathy.
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Blackfan Diamond Anemia

Pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) describes a condition in which RBC precursors in bone marrow are nearly absent, while megakaryocytes and WBC precursors are usually present at normal levels. Pure red cell aplasia exists in several forms, and the most common form is an acute self-limited condition. Congenital pure red cell aplasia is a lifelong disorder, and it is associated with physical abnormalities.
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Indications of ultrasound in pregnancy

Ultrasound scan is an important investigation done in the pregnancy. It is done to see if there is fetal, maternal or abnormalities in the uterus, placenta. It also used to diagnose pregnancy as early as 6 weeks.
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C1 Esterase Inhibitor deficiency

C1INH is also known as C1 esterase inhibitor that normally prevents activation of a cascade of proteins. It is a plasma protein an enzyme. C1INH is a member of the serpin family of proteases like alpha-antitrypsin, antithrombin III, and angiotensinogen. This serpin protease inhibitor inhibits the association of C1r and C1s with C1q to prevent the formation of the C1-complex which leads to activation of other proteins of the complement system.
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Varicocele or bag of worms

Varicocele is a common cause of male infertility . Varicocoele is a condition where the veins in the spermatic cord in the scrotum are abnormally dilated and tortuous.
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Mastoiditis of the ear

Mastoiditis is an inflammation or infection of the mastoid bone which consists of air cells that drain the middle ear, a portion of the temporal bone of skull, located just behind the ear, usually seen as a complication of acute otitis media (middle ear infection). Mastoiditis is a bacterial infection of the mastoid air cells (small, air-filled cavities located in the mastoid process, which is the bulge in the skull behind the ear) if untreated can destroy the skull bone leading to hearing loss and other complications including death, seen commonly in children.
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Painful menstruation

It is also known as dysmenorrhea. Some women have the problem of crampy abdominal pain or sharp pain or lower back pain just before the start of the periods or during the periods. This can affect their daily physical activities and make them bed ridden. It generally subsides as menstrual bleeding tapers off and for few it is definitely is a loss of work.
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Placenta previa

Placenta previa is implantation of the placenta over the internal cervical opening. In some women during the pregnancy the placenta ( which is the nourishing organ for the foetus carrying the nutrients from the mother) grows down and down into the lower parts of the Uterus. If it attaches to the lowest part of the womb covering the opening of the os partly or completely it is called placenta previa. It is from this os the baby has to come out.
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