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Scimitar syndrome, or congenital pulmonary venolobar syndrome, is a rare congenital heart defect characterized by anomalous venous return from the right lung (to the systemic venous drainage, rather than directly to the left atrium). [1]
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The disease is still sometimes confused with lethal midline granuloma and lymphomatoid granulomatosis, both malignant lymphomas. [ 34 ] The full clinical picture was first presented by Friedrich Wegener (1907–1990), a German pathologist , in two reports in 1936 and 1939, leading to the eponymous name Wegener's granulomatosis or Wegener ...
Amid mounting fears over the potentially deadly diseases the creatures can spread, one mother is raising concerns about a type of tick so small most people wouldn't be able to spot it on their own ...
Elephantiasis, often incorrectly called elephantitis, is the enlargement and hardening of limbs or body parts due to tissue swelling (). [1] [2] It is characterised by edema, hypertrophy, and fibrosis of skin and subcutaneous tissues, due to obstruction of lymphatic vessels (). [2]
King's Evil, as the disease was historically called, was known as a frequent disorder in the 17th century, and was believed to be caused by bad blood coagulating in spongy organs such as the thyroid and the lymph nodes. Physicians also believed the disease could be inherited and could result from parents' untreated venereal infections. [6]
Emigh-Winchell Hardware Company: 1920s. Santa Claus is front and center in this display within a window display circa 1920s that's all about toy trucks, cars and bikes.
The scimitar oryx is a member of the genus Oryx and the family Bovidae.German naturalist Lorenz Oken first described it in 1816, naming it Oryx algazel.The nomenclature has undergone various changes since then, with the introduction of names such as Oryx tao, O. leucoryx, O. damma, O. dammah, O. bezoarticus, and O. ensicornis.