Caroli's syndrome |
<syndrome> Congenital malformation of the bile ducts leading to formation of multifocal dilatations and cysts.
(05 Mar 2000) |
carotid artery occlusive syndrome |
<syndrome> Aortic arch syndrome, also referred to by many as vertebral-basilar artery disease, carotid artery occlusive syndrome and subclavian steal syndrome.
Characterised by a constellation of signs and symptoms which occur secondary to abnormalities in the major arteries which extend off of the aortic arch. These abnormalities are structural and most often secondary to the effects of atherosclerosis, blood clots, trauma or a congenital abnormality.
Symptoms of this condition include various neurologic symptoms, reduction in pulse and changes in blood pressure.
(27 Sep 1997) |
carotid sinus syndrome |
<syndrome> Stimulation of a hyperactive carotid sinus, causing a marked fall in blood pressure due to vasodilation, cardiac slowing, or both; syncope with or without convulsions or A-V block may occur.
Synonym: Charcot-Weiss-Baker syndrome.
(05 Mar 2000) |
carpal tunnel syndrome |
<syndrome> A condition where there is a disturbance of median nerve function in the wrist as the nerve passes through the carpal tunnel.
A buildup of scar tissue (inside the carpal tunnel) can lead to this surgically correctable problem. Often treated with splinting and anti-inflammatory agents.
(27 Sep 1997) |
Carpenter's syndrome |
<syndrome> The association of primary hypothyroidism, primary adrenocortical insufficiency, and diabetes mellitus.
Origin: C. C. J. Carpenter
Synonym: acrocephalopolysyndactyly.
Origin: G. Carpenter
(05 Mar 2000) |
cat's cry syndrome |
<paediatrics, syndrome> A congenital human syndrome caused by the loss of part of the short arm of Chromosome 5.
The syndrome gets its name from the peculiar cry of afflicted infants, which sounds like the meowing of a cat. The syndrome causes severe retardation and various congenital malformations.
(09 Oct 1997) |
cat's-eye syndrome |
<syndrome> Iris colobomas (resembling the vertical pupils of a cat) and anal atresia, associated with an additional acrocentric chromosome; other malformations and mental retardation may be present.
Synonym: Schmid-Fraccaro syndrome.
(05 Mar 2000) |
cataract-oligophrenia syndrome |
<syndrome> A rare neurologic disorder characterised by cerebellolental degeneration with mental retardation; autosomal recessive inheritance.
Synonym: cataract-oligophrenia syndrome, Marinesco-Sjogren syndrome, Torsten Sjogren's syndrome.
(05 Mar 2000) |
cauda equina syndrome |
<syndrome> A clinical syndrome characterised by dull pain in the lower back and upper buttock region, analgesia in the buttocks, genitalia (or thigh), accompanied by a disturbance of bowel and bladder function.
(27 Sep 1997) |
cavernous sinus syndrome |
<syndrome> This condition is characterised by oedema of the eyelids and conjunctivae and paralysis of the third, fourth and sixth cranial nerves. It is due to a cavernous sinus thrombosis.
(27 Sep 1997) |
Ceelen-Gellerstedt syndrome |
<chest medicine> A rare, sporadic, fatal, mostly in children with an equal sex distribution.
The condition also occurs in adults where there is a sex difference (M:F = 2:1). The patients present with recurrent attacks of pulmonary haemorrhage, acute phase: bat-wing alveolar infiltrates, clears rapidly, chronic findings: haemosiderosis, pulmonary fibrosis, cor pulmonale.
(12 Dec 1998) |
cellular immunity deficiency syndrome |
<syndrome> A syndrome marked by increased susceptibility to infection, especially to viral infection, associated with defective functioning of the mechanism responsible for acquired immunity of the cell-mediated kind.
See: immunodeficiency.
(05 Mar 2000) |
central cord syndrome |
<syndrome> Quadriparesis most severely involving the distal upper extremities, with or without sensory loss and bladder dysfunction, usually due to ischemia from osteophytic or traumatic compression of the central part of the cervical spinal cord and/or artery.
(05 Mar 2000) |
cerebellar syndrome |
<syndrome> The signs and symptoms of cerebellar deficiency: dysmetria, dysarthria, asynergia, nystagmus, ataxia, staggering gait, and adiadochokinesia.
(05 Mar 2000) |
cerebellomedullary malformation syndrome |
<radiology> Chiari I herniation of medulla and cerebellar tonsils, 4th ventricle in normal position, Chiari II herniation of medulla, tonsils, vermis, 4th ventricle at foramen magnum, myelomeningocele, aqueductal stenosis most likely to be hydrocephalus, Chiari III further herniation, 4th ventricle below foramen magnum, encephalocele or myelomeningocele associated with: agenesis of corpus callosum, syrinx
(12 Dec 1998) |