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  2. Madarosis - Wikipedia

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    Madarosis is not a critical or severe condition. The main symptom and sign of madarosis is the loss of hair from the eyelids, eyebrows, or eyelashes. Many symptoms are from other diseases involved. Swollen, itchy, red, burning eyelids; Loss of hair from other parts of the body, mainly the scalp; Weight gain or palpitation if there is a thyroid ...

  3. Periorbital puffiness - Wikipedia

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    Periorbital puffiness, also known as puffy eyes, or swelling around the eyes, is the appearance of swelling in the tissues around the eyes, called the orbits. It is almost exclusively caused by fluid buildup around the eyes, or periorbital edema. Minor puffiness usually detectable below the eyes only is often called eye bags.

  4. Sebaceous cyst - Wikipedia

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    Poor surgical technique, or previous infection leading to scarring and tethering of the cyst to the surrounding tissue, may lead to rupture during excision and removal. A completely removed cyst will not recur, though if the patient has a predisposition to cyst formation, further cysts may develop in the same general area.

  5. Acromegaly - Wikipedia

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    Soft tissue swelling visibly resulting in enlargement of the hands, feet, nose, lips, and ears, and a general thickening of the skin; Soft tissue swelling of internal organs, notably the heart with the attendant weakening of its muscularity, and the kidneys, also the vocal cords resulting in a characteristic thick, deep voice and slowing of speech

  6. Keratoacanthoma - Wikipedia

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    Keratoacanthomas usually occurs in older individuals. A number of causes have been suggested including ultraviolet light, chemical carcinogens, recent injury to the skin, immunosuppression and genetic predisposition. [1] As with squamous cell cancer, sporadic cases have been found co-infected with the human papilloma virus (HPV).

  7. Sebaceous hyperplasia - Wikipedia

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    Sebaceous hyperplasia primarily affects older patients in areas with high concentrations of sebaceous glands, such as the face, head, and neck. [3] It typically manifests as yellowish-colored skin with small papules that are often surrounded by telangiectatic blood vessels, also known as "crown vessels," and a central dell that is in line with the origin of the lesions, which is a dilated ...

  8. Lymphedema - Wikipedia

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    Breast and trunk lymphedema can also occur but go unrecognised as there is swelling in the area after surgery, and its symptoms (peau d'orange and an inverted nipple) can be confused with post surgery fat necrosis. [16] Between 38 and 89% of breast cancer patients have lymphedema due to axillary lymph node dissection or radiation.

  9. Facial nerve paralysis - Wikipedia

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    Patients may present with blood coming out of the external auditory meatus), tympanic membrane tear, fracture of external auditory canal, and conductive hearing loss. In patients with mild injuries, management is the same as with Bell's palsy – protect the eyes and wait. In patients with severe injury, progress is followed with nerve ...