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North America Date Disease Location Number of cases Cause References 1917–1927 Osteosarcoma: New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois: 86 Radium [1] [2] 1938–1971 Adenocarcinoma: U.S. 750 Diethylstilbestrol [3] [4]?–2018 Various cancers: St. Louis, Missouri: 56 Uranium [5] 1967–1973 Liver angiosarcoma (Hemangiosarcoma) Louisville, Kentucky: 4 ...
Cave disease, [1] Darling's disease, [1] Ohio valley disease, [1] Reticuloendotheliosis, [1] Spelunker's lung and Caver's disease Histoplasma capsulatum . Methenamine silver stain showing histopathologic changes in histoplasmosis
2015 Bronx Legionnaires' disease outbreaks; 2015 United States E. coli outbreak; 2015 United States H5N2 outbreak; 2016 United States Elizabethkingia outbreak; 2017–2018 United States flu season; 2018 United States adenovirus outbreak; 2019 New York measles outbreak; 2019 Pacific Northwest measles outbreak; 2019 United States hepatitis A outbreak
Blastomycosis is endemic to the eastern United States and Canada, especially the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys, the Great Lakes, and the St. Lawrence River valley. [6] In these areas, there are about 1 to 2 cases per 100,000 per year. [13] Less frequently, blastomycosis also occurs in Africa, the Middle East, India, and western North America.
Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease; Legius syndrome; Leiner's disease; Lelis syndrome; Lemierre's syndrome; Lennox–Gastaut syndrome; Lenz microphthalmia syndrome; Lenz–Majewski syndrome; Leriche's syndrome; Leschke syndrome; Lesch–Nyhan syndrome; Lethal congenital contracture syndrome; Lethal white syndrome
The mutating RHDV2 virus appears to have become more deadly than earlier strains.
Liquefactive necrosis (or colliquative necrosis) is a type of necrosis which results in a transformation of the tissue into a liquid viscous mass. [1] Often it is associated with focal bacterial or fungal infections, and can also manifest as one of the symptoms of an internal chemical burn. [2]
Inflammation is a prime example of autoimmunity, as the immune cells used are self-reactive. A few examples of autoimmune diseases are Type 1 diabetes, Addison's disease and Celiac disease. The third and final type of complication with the immune system is Immunodeficiency, where the immune system lacks the ability to fight off a certain disease.