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Mueller–Weiss syndrome, also known as Mueller–Weiss disease, is a rare [2] idiopathic degenerative disease of the adult navicular bone characterized by progressive collapse and fragmentation, leading to mid- and hindfoot pain and deformity. [3] [1] It is most commonly seen in females, ages 40–60. [4]
X-linked Opitz G/BBB syndrome XLP syndrome X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome (see Duncan Disease) XLSA X-linked sideroblastic anemia: XMEA X-linked myopathy with excessive autophagy: XMEN X-linked immunodeficiency with magnesium defect, Epstein-Barr virus infection and neoplasia XP Xeroderma pigmentosa: XSCID X-linked severe combined ...
Malformative syndrome; Mallory–Weiss syndrome; Malnutrition–inflammation complex; Malouf syndrome; Malpuech facial clefting syndrome; Management of chronic headaches; Manning criteria; Marchiafava–Bignami disease; Marden–Walker syndrome; Mare reproductive loss syndrome; Marfan syndrome; Marfanoid–progeroid–lipodystrophy syndrome ...
In 1929, Mallory and Soma Weiss, a physician at Harvard, reported on 15 cases of severe, painless hemorrhage caused by a tear in the mucosa of the esophagus or gastroesophageal junction preceded by vomiting in alcoholic patients. [3] They reported a further six cases in 1932. [4] This syndrome has become known as Mallory–Weiss syndrome.
Jackson–Weiss syndrome (JWS) is a genetic disorder characterized by foot abnormalities and the premature fusion of certain bones of the skull (craniosynostosis), which prevents further growth of the skull and affects the shape of the head and face.
Mallory–Weiss syndrome is a condition where high intra-abdominal pressures causes laceration and bleeding of the mucosa called Mallory-Weiss tears. [1] Additionally, Mallory–Weiss syndrome is one of the most common causes of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding , counting of around 1-15% of all cases in adults and less than 5% in children.
A syndrome is a set of medical signs and symptoms which are correlated with each other and often associated with a particular disease or disorder. [1] The word derives from the Greek σύνδρομον, meaning "concurrence". [2]: 1818 When a syndrome is paired with a definite cause this becomes a disease. [3]
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 ...