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Asherman's syndrome (AS) is an acquired uterine condition that occurs when scar tissue forms inside the uterus and/or the cervix. [1] It is characterized by variable scarring inside the uterine cavity, where in many cases the front and back walls of the uterus stick to one another.
Arthrogryposis–renal dysfunction–cholestasis syndrome; Arts syndrome; Ascher's syndrome; Asherman's syndrome; Asperger syndrome; Asymmetric crying facies; Ataxia-pancytopenia syndrome; Ataxia-telangiectasia; Athletic heart syndrome; Athymhormic syndrome; ATR-16 syndrome; Atrophodermia vermiculata; Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome ...
An eponymous disease is a disease, disorder, condition, or syndrome named after a person, usually the physician or other health care professional who first identified the disease; less commonly, a patient who had the disease; rarely, a literary character who exhibited signs of the disease or an actor or subject of an allusion, as characteristics associated with them were suggestive of symptoms ...
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome AIP Acute intermittent porphyria: ALA DD Doss porphyria/ALA dehydratase deficiency/Plumboporphyria (the disease is known by multiple names) ALD Alcoholic liver disease: ALI Acute lung injury: ALL Acute lymphoblastic lymphoma, acute lymphocytic leukemia: ALS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: AMD Age-related ...
Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome: Carl Wernicke, Sergei Korsakoff: neurology, psychiatry: Wernicke encephalopathy, Korsakoff syndrome: combined presence of Wernicke encephalopathy (WE) and Korsakoff syndrome: Westermark sign: Nils Westermark: pulmonology: pulmonary embolism: Area of oligaemia on chest x-ray Whipple's triad: Allen Whipple ...
Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS), also known as Asherson's syndrome, is a rare autoimmune disease in which widespread, intravascular clotting causes multi-organ failure. [1] The syndrome is caused by antiphospholipid antibodies that target a group of proteins in the body that are associated with phospholipids .
The medical definition of hematocolpos is "an accumulation of blood within the vagina". It is often caused by the combination of menstruation with an imperforate hymen. [1] [2] It is sometimes seen in Robinow syndrome, uterus didelphys, or other vaginal anomalies. A related disorder is hematometra, where the uterus fills with menstrual blood. [3]
The term breakthrough bleeding (or breakthrough spotting) is usually used for women using hormonal contraceptives, such as IUDs or oral contraceptives. It refers to bleeding or spotting between any expected withdrawal bleeding, or at any time if none is expected.