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--- anemia
--- anemia, aplastic --- anemia, hypoplastic, congenital --- anemia, diamond-blackfan --- fanconi anemia
--- anemia, hemolytic --- anemia, hemolytic, autoimmune --- anemia, hemolytic, congenital --- anemia, dyserythropoietic, congenital --- anemia, hemolytic, congenital nonspherocytic --- anemia, sickle cell --- hemoglobin sc disease --- sickle cell trait
--- elliptocytosis, hereditary --- glucosephosphate dehydrogenase deficiency --- favism --- hemoglobin c disease --- spherocytosis, hereditary --- thalassemia
--- alpha-thalassemia
--- beta-thalassemia
--- favism --- hemoglobinuria
--- hemoglobinuria, paroxysmal --- hemolytic-uremic syndrome
--- anemia, hypochromic --- anemia, iron-deficiency --- anemia, macrocytic --- anemia, megaloblastic --- anemia, pernicious --- anemia, myelophthisic --- anemia, neonatal --- fetofetal transfusion --- fetomaternal transfusion --- anemia, refractory --- anemia, refractory, with excess of blasts --- anemia, sideroblastic --- red-cell aplasia, pure --- anemia, diamond-blackfan
--- afibrinogenemia --- factor v deficiency --- factor vii deficiency --- factor x deficiency --- factor xi deficiency --- factor xii deficiency --- factor xiii deficiency
--- hemophilia a --- hemophilia b --- hypoprothrombinemias --- von willebrand disease
--- disseminated intravascular coagulation
--- blood coagulation disorders, inherited --- activated protein c resistance
--- afibrinogenemia --- antithrombin iii deficiency
--- bernard-soulier syndrome
--- factor v deficiency --- factor vii deficiency --- factor x deficiency --- factor xi deficiency --- factor xii deficiency --- factor xiii deficiency
--- hemophilia a --- hemophilia b --- hermanski-pudlak syndrome --- hypoprothrombinemias --- protein c deficiency
--- thrombasthenia --- von willebrand disease
--- wiskott-aldrich syndrome
--- platelet storage pool deficiency
--- hermanski-pudlak syndrome --- protein s deficiency
--- purpura
--- purpura, hyperglobulinemic --- purpura, schoenlein-henoch --- purpura, thrombocytopenic --- purpura, thrombocytopenic --- purpura, thrombocytopenic, idiopathic --- purpura, thrombotic thrombocytopenic --- wiskott-aldrich syndrome
--- thrombocythemia, hemorrhagic --- vitamin k deficiency
--- hemorrhagic disease of newborn
--- kernicterus
--- rh isoimmunization
--- platelet storage pool deficiency
--- hermanski-pudlak syndrome --- thrombasthenia --- thrombocytopenia
--- hemolytic-uremic syndrome
--- purpura, thrombocytopenic --- purpura, thrombocytopenic, idiopathic --- purpura, thrombotic thrombocytopenic --- wiskott-aldrich syndrome
--- thrombocytosis
--- thrombocythemia, hemorrhagic --- von willebrand disease
--- agammaglobulinemia --- antithrombin iii deficiency
--- dysgammaglobulinemia
--- iga deficiency --- igg deficiency
--- hypergammaglobulinemia
--- monoclonal gammopathies, benign --- hypoproteinemia
--- hypoalbuminemia
--- paraproteinemias --- cryoglobulinemia
--- heavy chain disease
--- immunoproliferative small intestinal disease --- multiple myeloma
--- poems syndrome
--- waldenstrom macroglobulinemia
--- protein c deficiency
--- protein s deficiency
--- bone marrow neoplasms --- myelodysplastic syndromes --- anemia, refractory --- anemia, refractory, with excess of blasts --- anemia, sideroblastic --- hemoglobinuria, paroxysmal --- leukemia, myeloid --- myeloproliferative disorders --- anemia, myelophthisic --- leukemia, erythroblastic, acute --- leukemoid reaction
--- myelofibrosis
--- myeloid metaplasia --- polycythemia vera
--- thrombocytosis
--- thrombocythemia, hemorrhagic
--- hemoglobin c disease --- thalassemia
--- alpha-thalassemia
--- hydrops fetalis
--- beta-thalassemia
--- disseminated intravascular coagulation
--- factor v deficiency --- factor vii deficiency --- factor x deficiency --- factor xi deficiency --- factor xii deficiency --- factor xiii deficiency
--- hemophilia a --- hemophilia b --- hypoprothrombinemias --- platelet storage pool deficiency
--- hermanski-pudlak syndrome --- purpura, thrombocytopenic, idiopathic --- thrombasthenia --- thrombocythemia, hemorrhagic --- vascular hemostatic disorders --- cryoglobulinemia
--- ehlers-danlos syndrome
--- hemangioma, cavernous --- hemangioma, cavernous, central nervous system --- multiple myeloma
--- pseudoxanthoma elasticum
--- purpura, hyperglobulinemic --- purpura, schoenlein-henoch --- scurvy
--- shwartzman phenomenon
--- telangiectasia, hereditary hemorrhagic --- waldenstrom macroglobulinemia
--- vitamin k deficiency
--- hemorrhagic disease of newborn --- von willebrand disease
--- waterhouse-friderichsen syndrome
--- wiskott-aldrich syndrome
--- angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia
--- eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome
--- eosinophilic granuloma --- hypereosinophilic syndrome
--- pulmonary eosinophilia --- infectious mononucleosis
--- leukocytosis
--- leukemoid reaction
--- lymphocytosis
--- leukopenia
--- agranulocytosis
--- neutropenia
--- lymphopenia --- t-lymphocytopenia, idiopathic cd4-positive --- leukostasis
--- pelger-huet anomaly
--- phagocyte bactericidal dysfunction
--- chediak-higashi syndrome
--- granulomatous disease, chronic --- job's syndrome
--- thrombophilia
--- activated protein c resistance
--- antithrombin iii deficiency
--- disseminated intravascular coagulation
--- protein c deficiency
--- protein s deficiency
--- purpura, thrombotic thrombocytopenic
--- lymphedema
--- elephantiasis
--- elephantiasis, filarial
--- lymphoproliferative disorders
--- agammaglobulinemia --- giant lymph node hyperplasia --- granuloma
--- angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia
--- Churg-Strauss syndrome
--- heavy chain disease
--- immunoproliferative small intestinal disease --- immunoblastic lymphadenopathy --- infectious mononucleosis
--- leukemia, hairy cell --- leukemia, lymphocytic --- leukemia, myeloid --- leukemia, nonlymphocytic, acute --- leukemia, myelocytic, acute --- lymphangiomyoma --- lymphangioleiomyomatosis
--- lymphoma
--- hodgkin disease --- lymphoma, non-hodgkin --- lymphoma, b-cell --- burkitt lymphoma --- lymphoma, aids-related --- lymphoma, mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue --- lymphoma, small-cell --- lymphoma, diffuse --- lymphoma, large-cell, diffuse --- lymphoma, large-cell, immunoblastic --- lymphoma, lymphoblastic --- lymphoma, mixed-cell, diffuse --- lymphoma, small cleaved-cell, diffuse --- lymphoma, mantle-cell --- lymphoma, small lymphocytic --- lymphoma, small noncleaved-cell --- lymphoma, follicular --- lymphoma, large-cell, follicular --- lymphoma, mixed-cell, follicular --- lymphoma, small cleaved-cell, follicular --- lymphoma, high-grade --- lymphoma, large-cell, immunoblastic --- lymphoma, lymphoblastic --- lymphoma, small noncleaved-cell --- burkitt lymphoma --- lymphoma, intermediate-grade --- lymphoma, large-cell, diffuse --- lymphoma, large-cell, follicular --- lymphoma, mixed-cell, diffuse --- lymphoma, small cleaved-cell, diffuse --- lymphoma, mantle-cell --- lymphoma, large-cell --- lymphoma, large-cell, diffuse --- lymphoma, large-cell, follicular --- lymphoma, large-cell, immunoblastic --- lymphoma, large-cell, ki-1 --- lymphoma, lymphoblastic --- lymphoma, low-grade --- lymphoma, mixed-cell, follicular --- lymphoma, mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue --- lymphoma, small cleaved-cell, follicular --- lymphoma, small lymphocytic --- lymphoma, mixed-cell --- lymphoma, mixed-cell, diffuse --- lymphoma, mixed-cell, follicular --- lymphoma, small-cell --- lymphoma, small cleaved-cell, diffuse --- lymphoma, mantle-cell --- lymphoma, small cleaved-cell, follicular --- lymphoma, small lymphocytic --- lymphoma, small noncleaved-cell --- lymphoma, t-cell --- lymphoma, lymphoblastic --- lymphoma, t-cell, cutaneous --- lymphoma, large-cell, ki-1 --- mycosis fungoides
--- sezary syndrome --- lymphoma, t-cell, peripheral --- lymphoma, undifferentiated --- lymphoma, large-cell, diffuse --- lymphoma, small noncleaved-cell --- burkitt lymphoma --- lymphomatoid granulomatosis
--- marek disease --- sarcoidosis
--- sarcoidosis, pulmonary --- uveoparotid fever --- sezary syndrome --- tumor lysis syndrome
--- waldenstrom macroglobulinemia
--- histiocytic disorders, malignant --- histiocytosis, malignant --- leukemia, monocytic, acute --- lymphoma, large-cell --- lymphoma, large-cell, ki-1 --- histiocytosis, langerhans-cell --- eosinophilic granuloma --- histiocytosis, non-langerhans-cell --- erdheim-chester disease
--- histiocytosis, sinus --- lymphohistiocytosis, hemophagocytic --- niemann-pick diseases --- sea-blue histiocyte syndrome --- xanthogranuloma, juvenile --- mast-cell sarcoma
--- splenic neoplasms --- splenic rupture --- splenosis --- tuberculosis, splenic --- wandering spleen
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--- anemiaAnemiaAnemia is a decrease in number of red blood cells or less than the normal quantity of hemoglobin in the blood. However, it can include decreased oxygen-binding ability of each hemoglobin molecule due to deformity or lack in numerical development as in some other types of hemoglobin...
--- anemia, aplastic --- anemia, hypoplastic, congenital --- anemia, diamond-blackfan --- fanconi anemiaFanconi anemia
Fanconi anemia is a genetic disease with an incidence of 1 per 350,000 births, with a higher frequency in Ashkenazi Jews and Afrikaners in South Africa.FA is the result of a genetic defect in a cluster of proteins responsible for DNA repair...
--- anemia, hemolytic --- anemia, hemolytic, autoimmune --- anemia, hemolytic, congenital --- anemia, dyserythropoietic, congenital --- anemia, hemolytic, congenital nonspherocytic --- anemia, sickle cell --- hemoglobin sc disease --- sickle cell trait
Sickle cell trait
Sickle cell trait describes a condition in which a person has one abnormal allele of the hemoglobin beta gene , but does not display the severe symptoms of sickle cell disease that occur in a person who has two copies of that allele...
--- elliptocytosis, hereditary --- glucosephosphate dehydrogenase deficiency --- favism --- hemoglobin c disease --- spherocytosis, hereditary --- thalassemia
Thalassemia
Thalassemia is an inherited autosomal recessive blood disease that originated in the Mediterranean region. In thalassemia the genetic defect, which could be either mutation or deletion, results in reduced rate of synthesis or no synthesis of one of the globin chains that make up hemoglobin...
--- alpha-thalassemia
Alpha-thalassemia
Alpha-thalassemia is a form of thalassemia involving the genes HBA1 and HBA2. Alpha-thalassemia is due to impaired production of 1,2,3, or 4 alpha globin chains, leading to a relative excess of beta globin chains...
--- beta-thalassemia
Beta-thalassemia
Beta-thalassemias are a group of inherited blood disorders caused by reduced or absent synthesis of the beta chains of hemoglobin resulting in variable phenotypes ranging from severe anemia to clinically asymptomatic individuals. The total annual incidence of symptomatic individuals is estimated...
--- favism --- hemoglobinuria
Hemoglobinuria
In medicine, hemoglobinuria or haemoglobinuria is a condition in which the oxygen transport protein hemoglobin is found in abnormally high concentrations in the urine. The condition is often associated with hemolytic anemia, in which red blood cells are destroyed, thereby increasing levels of free...
--- hemoglobinuria, paroxysmal --- hemolytic-uremic syndrome
Hemolytic-uremic syndrome
Hemolytic-uremic syndrome , abbreviated HUS, is a disease characterized by hemolytic anemia, acute renal failure and a low platelet count . It predominantly, but not exclusively, affects children. Most cases are preceded by an episode of diarrhea caused by E. coli O157:H7, which is acquired as a...
--- anemia, hypochromic --- anemia, iron-deficiency --- anemia, macrocytic --- anemia, megaloblastic --- anemia, pernicious --- anemia, myelophthisic --- anemia, neonatal --- fetofetal transfusion --- fetomaternal transfusion --- anemia, refractory --- anemia, refractory, with excess of blasts --- anemia, sideroblastic --- red-cell aplasia, pure --- anemia, diamond-blackfan
--- blood coagulation disorders
--- coagulation protein disorders --- activated protein c resistanceActivated protein C resistance
Activated protein C resistance is a hemostatic disorder characterized by a poor anticoagulant response to activated protein C . This results in an increased risk of venous thrombosis, which can cause heart attacks, strokes, and other problems with circulation.The disorder can be acquired or...
--- afibrinogenemia --- factor v deficiency --- factor vii deficiency --- factor x deficiency --- factor xi deficiency --- factor xii deficiency --- factor xiii deficiency
Factor XIII deficiency
Factor XIII deficiency may occur very rarely, and can cause a severe bleeding tendency. Incidence is 1 in a million to 1 in 5 million people. Most are due to mutations in the A subunit. Administration of recombinant A subunit improves clot stability and is becoming a therapeutic option for patients...
--- hemophilia a --- hemophilia b --- hypoprothrombinemias --- von willebrand disease
Von Willebrand disease
von Willebrand disease is the most common hereditary coagulation abnormality described in humans, although it can also be acquired as a result of other medical conditions. It arises from a qualitative or quantitative deficiency of von Willebrand factor , a multimeric protein that is required for...
--- disseminated intravascular coagulation
Disseminated intravascular coagulation
Disseminated intravascular coagulation , also known as disseminated intravascular coagulopathy or consumptive coagulopathy, is a pathological activation of coagulation mechanisms that happens in response to a variety of diseases. DIC leads to the formation of small blood clots inside the blood...
--- blood coagulation disorders, inherited --- activated protein c resistance
Activated protein C resistance
Activated protein C resistance is a hemostatic disorder characterized by a poor anticoagulant response to activated protein C . This results in an increased risk of venous thrombosis, which can cause heart attacks, strokes, and other problems with circulation.The disorder can be acquired or...
--- afibrinogenemia --- antithrombin iii deficiency
Antithrombin III deficiency
Antithrombin III deficiency is a rare hereditary disorder that generally comes to light when a patient suffers recurrent venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism...
--- bernard-soulier syndrome
Bernard-Soulier syndrome
Bernard–Soulier syndrome , also called hemorrhagiparous thrombocytic dystrophy, is a rare autosomal recessive coagulopathy that causes a deficiency of glycoprotein Ib , the receptor for von Willebrand factor, which is important in clot formation.The incidence is estimated to be less than 1 in 1...
--- factor v deficiency --- factor vii deficiency --- factor x deficiency --- factor xi deficiency --- factor xii deficiency --- factor xiii deficiency
Factor XIII deficiency
Factor XIII deficiency may occur very rarely, and can cause a severe bleeding tendency. Incidence is 1 in a million to 1 in 5 million people. Most are due to mutations in the A subunit. Administration of recombinant A subunit improves clot stability and is becoming a therapeutic option for patients...
--- hemophilia a --- hemophilia b --- hermanski-pudlak syndrome --- hypoprothrombinemias --- protein c deficiency
Protein C deficiency
Protein C deficiency is a rare genetic trait that predisposes to thrombotic disease. It was first described in 1981. The disease belongs to a group of genetic disorders known as thrombophilias. The prevalence of protein C deficiency has been estimated to about 0.2% to 0.5% of the general population...
--- thrombasthenia --- von willebrand disease
Von Willebrand disease
von Willebrand disease is the most common hereditary coagulation abnormality described in humans, although it can also be acquired as a result of other medical conditions. It arises from a qualitative or quantitative deficiency of von Willebrand factor , a multimeric protein that is required for...
--- wiskott-aldrich syndrome
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome is a rare X-linked recessive disease characterized by eczema, thrombocytopenia , immune deficiency, and bloody diarrhea . It is also sometimes called the eczema-thrombocytopenia-immunodeficiency syndrome in keeping with Aldrich's original description in 1954...
--- platelet storage pool deficiency
Platelet storage pool deficiency
Platelet storage pool deficiency is a type of coagulopathy characterized by defects in the granules in platelets.It may involve the alpha granules or the dense granules.-Conditions:Examples include:* Platelet alpha-granules** Gray platelet syndrome...
--- hermanski-pudlak syndrome --- protein s deficiency
Protein S deficiency
Protein S deficiency is a disorder associated with increased risk of venous thrombosis. Protein S, a vitamin K-dependent physiological anticoagulant, acts as a nonenzymatic cofactor to activated protein C in the proteolytic degradation of factor Va and factor VIIIa...
--- purpura
Purpura
Purpura is the appearance of red or purple discolorations on the skin that do not blanch on applying pressure. They are caused by bleeding underneath the skin...
--- purpura, hyperglobulinemic --- purpura, schoenlein-henoch --- purpura, thrombocytopenic --- purpura, thrombocytopenic --- purpura, thrombocytopenic, idiopathic --- purpura, thrombotic thrombocytopenic --- wiskott-aldrich syndrome
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome is a rare X-linked recessive disease characterized by eczema, thrombocytopenia , immune deficiency, and bloody diarrhea . It is also sometimes called the eczema-thrombocytopenia-immunodeficiency syndrome in keeping with Aldrich's original description in 1954...
--- thrombocythemia, hemorrhagic --- vitamin k deficiency
Vitamin K deficiency
Vitamin K deficiency is a form of avitaminosis resulting from insufficient vitamin K.-Causes:Vitamin K-deficiency may occur by disturbed intestinal uptake , by therapeutic or accidental intake of vitamin K-antagonists or, very rarely, by nutritional vitamin K deficiency...
--- hemorrhagic disease of newborn
--- blood group incompatibility
--- erythroblastosis, fetal --- hydrops fetalisHydrops fetalis
Hydrops fetalis is a condition in the fetus characterized by an accumulation of fluid, or edema, in at least two fetal compartments. By comparison, hydrops allantois or hydrops amnion are an accumulation of excessive fluid in the allantoic or amniotic space respectively.-Presentation:Locations can...
--- kernicterus
Kernicterus
Kernicterus is damage to the brain centers of infants caused by increased levels of unconjugated bilirubin. This may be due to several underlying pathologic processes. Newborn babies are often polycythemic. When they break down the erythrocytes, one of the byproducts is bilirubin, which circulates...
--- rh isoimmunization
--- blood platelet disorders
--- bernard-soulier syndromeBernard-Soulier syndrome
Bernard–Soulier syndrome , also called hemorrhagiparous thrombocytic dystrophy, is a rare autosomal recessive coagulopathy that causes a deficiency of glycoprotein Ib , the receptor for von Willebrand factor, which is important in clot formation.The incidence is estimated to be less than 1 in 1...
--- platelet storage pool deficiency
Platelet storage pool deficiency
Platelet storage pool deficiency is a type of coagulopathy characterized by defects in the granules in platelets.It may involve the alpha granules or the dense granules.-Conditions:Examples include:* Platelet alpha-granules** Gray platelet syndrome...
--- hermanski-pudlak syndrome --- thrombasthenia --- thrombocytopenia
Thrombocytopenia
Thrombocytopenia is a relative decrease of platelets in blood.A normal human platelet count ranges from 150,000 to 450,000 platelets per microliter of blood. These limits are determined by the 2.5th lower and upper percentile, so values outside this range do not necessarily indicate disease...
--- hemolytic-uremic syndrome
Hemolytic-uremic syndrome
Hemolytic-uremic syndrome , abbreviated HUS, is a disease characterized by hemolytic anemia, acute renal failure and a low platelet count . It predominantly, but not exclusively, affects children. Most cases are preceded by an episode of diarrhea caused by E. coli O157:H7, which is acquired as a...
--- purpura, thrombocytopenic --- purpura, thrombocytopenic, idiopathic --- purpura, thrombotic thrombocytopenic --- wiskott-aldrich syndrome
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome is a rare X-linked recessive disease characterized by eczema, thrombocytopenia , immune deficiency, and bloody diarrhea . It is also sometimes called the eczema-thrombocytopenia-immunodeficiency syndrome in keeping with Aldrich's original description in 1954...
--- thrombocytosis
Thrombocytosis
Thrombocytosis is the presence of high platelet counts in the blood, and can be either primary or reactive...
--- thrombocythemia, hemorrhagic --- von willebrand disease
Von Willebrand disease
von Willebrand disease is the most common hereditary coagulation abnormality described in humans, although it can also be acquired as a result of other medical conditions. It arises from a qualitative or quantitative deficiency of von Willebrand factor , a multimeric protein that is required for...
--- blood protein disorders
--- abetalipoproteinemiaAbetalipoproteinemia
Abetalipoproteinemia, or Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome, is a rare autosomal recessive disorder that interferes with the normal absorption of fat and fat-soluble vitamins from food. It is caused by a deficiency of apolipoprotein B-48 and B-100, which are used in the synthesis and exportation of...
--- agammaglobulinemia --- antithrombin iii deficiency
Antithrombin III deficiency
Antithrombin III deficiency is a rare hereditary disorder that generally comes to light when a patient suffers recurrent venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism...
--- dysgammaglobulinemia
Dysgammaglobulinemia
Dysgammaglobulinemia is a type of immune disorder characterized by a reduction in some types of gamma globulins.It is distinguished from hypogammaglobulinemia, which is a reduction in all types of gamma globulins....
--- iga deficiency --- igg deficiency
IgG deficiency
IgG deficiency is a form of dysgammaglobulinemia where the proportional levels of IgG are reduced relative to other immunoglobulin....
--- hypergammaglobulinemia
Hypergammaglobulinemia
Hypergammaglobulinemia is a medical condition with elevated levels of gamma globulin.It is a type of immunoproliferative disorder.- Types :...
--- monoclonal gammopathies, benign --- hypoproteinemia
Hypoproteinemia
Hypoproteinemia is a condition where there is an abnormally low level of protein in the blood.One common cause is due to excess protein in the urine , which can be a medical sign of nephrotic syndrome....
--- hypoalbuminemia
Hypoalbuminemia
Hypoalbuminemia is a medical condition where levels of albumin in blood serum are abnormally low. It is a specific form of hypoproteinemia.Albumin is a major protein in the human body, making up about 60% of total human plasma protein by mass...
--- paraproteinemias --- cryoglobulinemia
Cryoglobulinemia
Cryoglobulinemia is a medical condition in which the blood contains large amounts of cryoglobulins - proteins that become insoluble at reduced temperatures. Cryoglobulins typically precipitate at temperatures below normal body temperature and will dissolve again if the blood is heated...
--- heavy chain disease
Heavy chain disease
Heavy chain disease is a form of paraproteinemia with a proliferation of cells producing immunoglobulin heavy chains.This disease is characterized by an excessive production of heavy chains that are short and truncated...
--- immunoproliferative small intestinal disease --- multiple myeloma
Multiple myeloma
Multiple myeloma , also known as plasma cell myeloma or Kahler's disease , is a cancer of plasma cells, a type of white blood cell normally responsible for the production of antibodies...
--- poems syndrome
POEMS syndrome
POEMS syndrome is a rare medical syndrome. It is defined as the combination of a plasma-cell proliferative disorder , polyneuropathy, and effects on many other organ systems. It begins in middle age – the average age at onset is 50 – and affects up to twice as many men as women...
--- waldenstrom macroglobulinemia
Waldenström macroglobulinemia
Waldenström's macroglobulinemia is cancer involving a subtype of white blood cells called lymphocytes. The main attributing antibody is Immunoglobulin M . WM is an "indolent lymphoma,"...
--- protein c deficiency
Protein C deficiency
Protein C deficiency is a rare genetic trait that predisposes to thrombotic disease. It was first described in 1981. The disease belongs to a group of genetic disorders known as thrombophilias. The prevalence of protein C deficiency has been estimated to about 0.2% to 0.5% of the general population...
--- protein s deficiency
Protein S deficiency
Protein S deficiency is a disorder associated with increased risk of venous thrombosis. Protein S, a vitamin K-dependent physiological anticoagulant, acts as a nonenzymatic cofactor to activated protein C in the proteolytic degradation of factor Va and factor VIIIa...
--- bone marrow diseases
--- anemia, aplastic --- anemia, hypoplastic, congenital --- anemia, diamond-blackfan --- fanconi anemiaFanconi anemia
Fanconi anemia is a genetic disease with an incidence of 1 per 350,000 births, with a higher frequency in Ashkenazi Jews and Afrikaners in South Africa.FA is the result of a genetic defect in a cluster of proteins responsible for DNA repair...
--- bone marrow neoplasms --- myelodysplastic syndromes --- anemia, refractory --- anemia, refractory, with excess of blasts --- anemia, sideroblastic --- hemoglobinuria, paroxysmal --- leukemia, myeloid --- myeloproliferative disorders --- anemia, myelophthisic --- leukemia, erythroblastic, acute --- leukemoid reaction
Leukemoid reaction
The term leukemoid reaction describes an elevated white blood cell count, or leukocytosis, that is a physiological response to stress or infection .It may be lymphoid or myeloid....
--- myelofibrosis
Myelofibrosis
Myelofibrosis, also known as myeloid metaplasia, chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis, osteomyelofibrosis and primary myelofibrosis is a disorder of the bone marrow...
--- myeloid metaplasia --- polycythemia vera
Polycythemia vera
Polycythemia vera is a blood disorder in which the bone marrow makes too many red blood cells. It may also result in the overproduction of white blood cells and platelets. Most of the health concerns associated with polycythemia vera are caused by the blood being thicker as a result of the...
--- thrombocytosis
Thrombocytosis
Thrombocytosis is the presence of high platelet counts in the blood, and can be either primary or reactive...
--- thrombocythemia, hemorrhagic
--- hematologic neoplasms
--- bone marrow neoplasms--- hemoglobinopathies
--- anemia, sickle cell --- hemoglobin sc disease --- sickle cell traitSickle cell trait
Sickle cell trait describes a condition in which a person has one abnormal allele of the hemoglobin beta gene , but does not display the severe symptoms of sickle cell disease that occur in a person who has two copies of that allele...
--- hemoglobin c disease --- thalassemia
Thalassemia
Thalassemia is an inherited autosomal recessive blood disease that originated in the Mediterranean region. In thalassemia the genetic defect, which could be either mutation or deletion, results in reduced rate of synthesis or no synthesis of one of the globin chains that make up hemoglobin...
--- alpha-thalassemia
Alpha-thalassemia
Alpha-thalassemia is a form of thalassemia involving the genes HBA1 and HBA2. Alpha-thalassemia is due to impaired production of 1,2,3, or 4 alpha globin chains, leading to a relative excess of beta globin chains...
--- hydrops fetalis
Hydrops fetalis
Hydrops fetalis is a condition in the fetus characterized by an accumulation of fluid, or edema, in at least two fetal compartments. By comparison, hydrops allantois or hydrops amnion are an accumulation of excessive fluid in the allantoic or amniotic space respectively.-Presentation:Locations can...
--- beta-thalassemia
Beta-thalassemia
Beta-thalassemias are a group of inherited blood disorders caused by reduced or absent synthesis of the beta chains of hemoglobin resulting in variable phenotypes ranging from severe anemia to clinically asymptomatic individuals. The total annual incidence of symptomatic individuals is estimated...
--- hemorrhagic disorders
--- afibrinogenemia --- bernard-soulier syndromeBernard-Soulier syndrome
Bernard–Soulier syndrome , also called hemorrhagiparous thrombocytic dystrophy, is a rare autosomal recessive coagulopathy that causes a deficiency of glycoprotein Ib , the receptor for von Willebrand factor, which is important in clot formation.The incidence is estimated to be less than 1 in 1...
--- disseminated intravascular coagulation
Disseminated intravascular coagulation
Disseminated intravascular coagulation , also known as disseminated intravascular coagulopathy or consumptive coagulopathy, is a pathological activation of coagulation mechanisms that happens in response to a variety of diseases. DIC leads to the formation of small blood clots inside the blood...
--- factor v deficiency --- factor vii deficiency --- factor x deficiency --- factor xi deficiency --- factor xii deficiency --- factor xiii deficiency
Factor XIII deficiency
Factor XIII deficiency may occur very rarely, and can cause a severe bleeding tendency. Incidence is 1 in a million to 1 in 5 million people. Most are due to mutations in the A subunit. Administration of recombinant A subunit improves clot stability and is becoming a therapeutic option for patients...
--- hemophilia a --- hemophilia b --- hypoprothrombinemias --- platelet storage pool deficiency
Platelet storage pool deficiency
Platelet storage pool deficiency is a type of coagulopathy characterized by defects in the granules in platelets.It may involve the alpha granules or the dense granules.-Conditions:Examples include:* Platelet alpha-granules** Gray platelet syndrome...
--- hermanski-pudlak syndrome --- purpura, thrombocytopenic, idiopathic --- thrombasthenia --- thrombocythemia, hemorrhagic --- vascular hemostatic disorders --- cryoglobulinemia
Cryoglobulinemia
Cryoglobulinemia is a medical condition in which the blood contains large amounts of cryoglobulins - proteins that become insoluble at reduced temperatures. Cryoglobulins typically precipitate at temperatures below normal body temperature and will dissolve again if the blood is heated...
--- ehlers-danlos syndrome
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Ehlers–Danlos syndrome is a group of inherited connective tissue disorders, caused by a defect in the synthesis of collagen . The collagen in connective tissue helps tissues to resist deformation...
--- hemangioma, cavernous --- hemangioma, cavernous, central nervous system --- multiple myeloma
Multiple myeloma
Multiple myeloma , also known as plasma cell myeloma or Kahler's disease , is a cancer of plasma cells, a type of white blood cell normally responsible for the production of antibodies...
--- pseudoxanthoma elasticum
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum , also known as Grönblad–Strandberg syndrome, is a genetic disease that causes fragmentation and mineralization of elastic fibers in some tissues. The most common problems arise in the skin and eyes, and later in blood vessels in the form of premature atherosclerosis...
--- purpura, hyperglobulinemic --- purpura, schoenlein-henoch --- scurvy
Scurvy
Scurvy is a disease resulting from a deficiency of vitamin C, which is required for the synthesis of collagen in humans. The chemical name for vitamin C, ascorbic acid, is derived from the Latin name of scurvy, scorbutus, which also provides the adjective scorbutic...
--- shwartzman phenomenon
Shwartzman phenomenon
Shwartzman phenomenon, also known as Shwartzman reaction, is a rare reaction of a body to particular types of toxins, called endotoxins, which cause thrombosis in the affected tissue. A clearing of the thrombosis results in a reticuloendothelial blockade, which prevents re-clearing of the...
--- telangiectasia, hereditary hemorrhagic --- waldenstrom macroglobulinemia
Waldenström macroglobulinemia
Waldenström's macroglobulinemia is cancer involving a subtype of white blood cells called lymphocytes. The main attributing antibody is Immunoglobulin M . WM is an "indolent lymphoma,"...
--- vitamin k deficiency
Vitamin K deficiency
Vitamin K deficiency is a form of avitaminosis resulting from insufficient vitamin K.-Causes:Vitamin K-deficiency may occur by disturbed intestinal uptake , by therapeutic or accidental intake of vitamin K-antagonists or, very rarely, by nutritional vitamin K deficiency...
--- hemorrhagic disease of newborn --- von willebrand disease
Von Willebrand disease
von Willebrand disease is the most common hereditary coagulation abnormality described in humans, although it can also be acquired as a result of other medical conditions. It arises from a qualitative or quantitative deficiency of von Willebrand factor , a multimeric protein that is required for...
--- waterhouse-friderichsen syndrome
Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome or hemorrhagic adrenalitis or Fulminant meningococcemia, is a disease of the adrenal glands most commonly caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis. The infection leads to massive hemorrhage into one or both adrenal glands...
--- wiskott-aldrich syndrome
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome is a rare X-linked recessive disease characterized by eczema, thrombocytopenia , immune deficiency, and bloody diarrhea . It is also sometimes called the eczema-thrombocytopenia-immunodeficiency syndrome in keeping with Aldrich's original description in 1954...
--- leukocyte disorders
--- eosinophiliaEosinophilia
Eosinophilia is a condition in which the eosinophil count in the peripheral blood exceeds 0.45×109/L . A marked increase in non-blood tissue eosinophil count noticed upon histopathologic examination is diagnostic for tissue eosinophilia. Several causes are known, with the most common being...
--- angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia
Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia
Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia usually presents with pink to red-brown, dome-shaped, dermal papules or nodules of the head or neck,...
--- eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome
Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome
Eosinophilia–myalgia syndrome is an incurable and sometimes fatal flu-like neurological condition that is believed to have been caused by ingestion of poorly produced L-tryptophan supplements...
--- eosinophilic granuloma --- hypereosinophilic syndrome
Hypereosinophilic syndrome
The hypereosinophilic syndrome is a disease characterized by a persistently elevated eosinophil count in the blood for at least six months without any recognizable cause, with involvement of either the heart, nervous system, or bone marrow.HES is a diagnosis of exclusion, after clonal...
--- pulmonary eosinophilia --- infectious mononucleosis
Infectious mononucleosis
Infectious mononucleosis is an infectious, widespread viral...
--- leukocytosis
Leukocytosis
Leukocytosis is a raised white blood cell count above the normal range in the blood. It is frequently a sign of an inflammatory response, most commonly the result of infection, and is observed in certain parasitic infections...
--- leukemoid reaction
Leukemoid reaction
The term leukemoid reaction describes an elevated white blood cell count, or leukocytosis, that is a physiological response to stress or infection .It may be lymphoid or myeloid....
--- lymphocytosis
Lymphocytosis
Lymphocytosis is an increase in the number or proportion of lymphocytes in the blood, usually detected when a complete blood count is routinely obtained. Lymphocytes normally represent 20 to 40% of circulating white blood cells...
--- leukopenia
Leukopenia
Leukopenia is a decrease in the number of white blood cells found in the blood, which places individuals at increased risk of infection....
--- agranulocytosis
Agranulocytosis
Granulopenia, also known as Agranulosis or Agranulocytosis, is an acute condition involving a severe and dangerous leukopenia , most commonly of neutrophils causing a neutropenia in the circulating blood. It represents a severe lack of one major class of infection-fighting white blood cells...
--- neutropenia
Neutropenia
Neutropenia, from Latin prefix neutro- and Greek suffix -πενία , is a granulocyte disorder characterized by an abnormally low number of neutrophils, the most important type of white blood cell...
--- lymphopenia --- t-lymphocytopenia, idiopathic cd4-positive --- leukostasis
Leukostasis
Leukostasis is a white blood cell count above 100,000/μL. It is characterized by abnormal intravascular leukocyte aggregation and clumping. It is most often seen in leukemia patients. The brain and lungs are the two most commonly affected organs...
--- pelger-huet anomaly
Pelger-Huet anomaly
Pelger-Huet anomaly is a blood laminopathy associated with the lamin B receptor.It is characterized by a white blood cell type known as a neutrophil whose nucleus is hyposegmented.It is a genetic disorder with an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern...
--- phagocyte bactericidal dysfunction
Phagocyte bactericidal dysfunction
Phagocyte bactericidal dysfunction refers to a class of medical conditions where phagocytes have a diminished ability to fight bacterial infection.Examples include:* Hyper-IgE syndrome* Chédiak-Higashi syndrome* Chronic granulomatous disease...
--- chediak-higashi syndrome
Chédiak-Higashi syndrome
Chédiak–Higashi syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder that arises from a microtubule polymerization defect which leads to a decrease in phagocytosis. The decrease in phagocytosis results in recurrent pyogenic infections, partial albinism and peripheral neuropathy...
--- granulomatous disease, chronic --- job's syndrome
--- pregnancy complications, hematologic
--- thrombophiliaThrombophiliaThrombophilia is an abnormality of blood coagulation that increases the risk of thrombosis . Such abnormalities can be identified in 50% of people who have an episode of thrombosis that was not provoked by other causes...
--- activated protein c resistanceActivated protein C resistance
Activated protein C resistance is a hemostatic disorder characterized by a poor anticoagulant response to activated protein C . This results in an increased risk of venous thrombosis, which can cause heart attacks, strokes, and other problems with circulation.The disorder can be acquired or...
--- antithrombin iii deficiency
Antithrombin III deficiency
Antithrombin III deficiency is a rare hereditary disorder that generally comes to light when a patient suffers recurrent venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism...
--- disseminated intravascular coagulation
Disseminated intravascular coagulation
Disseminated intravascular coagulation , also known as disseminated intravascular coagulopathy or consumptive coagulopathy, is a pathological activation of coagulation mechanisms that happens in response to a variety of diseases. DIC leads to the formation of small blood clots inside the blood...
--- protein c deficiency
Protein C deficiency
Protein C deficiency is a rare genetic trait that predisposes to thrombotic disease. It was first described in 1981. The disease belongs to a group of genetic disorders known as thrombophilias. The prevalence of protein C deficiency has been estimated to about 0.2% to 0.5% of the general population...
--- protein s deficiency
Protein S deficiency
Protein S deficiency is a disorder associated with increased risk of venous thrombosis. Protein S, a vitamin K-dependent physiological anticoagulant, acts as a nonenzymatic cofactor to activated protein C in the proteolytic degradation of factor Va and factor VIIIa...
--- purpura, thrombotic thrombocytopenic
--- lymphadenitis
--- cat-scratch disease --- histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis --- mesenteric lymphadenitis --- tuberculosis, lymph node--- lymphangiectasis
--- lymphangiectasis, intestinal--- lymphatic abnormalities
--- lymphangiectasis, intestinal --- lymphedemaLymphedemaLymphedema , also known as lymphatic obstruction, is a condition of localized fluid retention and tissue swelling caused by a compromised lymphatic system....
--- elephantiasisElephantiasis
Elephantiasis is a disease that is characterized by the thickening of the skin and underlying tissues, especially in the legs and male genitals. In some cases the disease can cause certain body parts, such as the scrotum, to swell to the size of a softball or basketball. It is caused by...
--- elephantiasis, filarial
--- lymphoproliferative disordersLymphoproliferative disordersLymphoproliferative disorders refer to several conditions in which lymphocytes are produced in excessive quantities. They typically occur in patients who have compromised immune systems...
--- agammaglobulinemia --- giant lymph node hyperplasia --- granulomaGranuloma
Granuloma is a medical term for a tiny collection of immune cells known as macrophages. Granulomas form when the immune system attempts to wall off substances that it perceives as foreign but is unable to eliminate. Such substances include infectious organisms such as bacteria and fungi as well as...
--- angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia
Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia
Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia usually presents with pink to red-brown, dome-shaped, dermal papules or nodules of the head or neck,...
--- Churg-Strauss syndrome
Churg-Strauss syndrome
Churg–Strauss syndrome is a medium and small vessel autoimmune vasculitis, leading to necrosis. It involves mainly the blood vessels of the lungs , gastrointestinal system, and peripheral nerves, but also affects the heart, skin and kidneys. It is a rare disease that is non-inheritable and...
--- heavy chain disease
Heavy chain disease
Heavy chain disease is a form of paraproteinemia with a proliferation of cells producing immunoglobulin heavy chains.This disease is characterized by an excessive production of heavy chains that are short and truncated...
--- immunoproliferative small intestinal disease --- immunoblastic lymphadenopathy --- infectious mononucleosis
Infectious mononucleosis
Infectious mononucleosis is an infectious, widespread viral...
--- leukemia, hairy cell --- leukemia, lymphocytic --- leukemia, myeloid --- leukemia, nonlymphocytic, acute --- leukemia, myelocytic, acute --- lymphangiomyoma --- lymphangioleiomyomatosis
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis is a rare lung disease that results in a proliferation of disorderly smooth muscle growth throughout the lungs, in the bronchioles, alveolar septa, perivascular spaces, and lymphatics, resulting in the obstruction of small airways and lymphatics...
--- lymphoma
Lymphoma
Lymphoma is a cancer in the lymphatic cells of the immune system. Typically, lymphomas present as a solid tumor of lymphoid cells. Treatment might involve chemotherapy and in some cases radiotherapy and/or bone marrow transplantation, and can be curable depending on the histology, type, and stage...
--- hodgkin disease --- lymphoma, non-hodgkin --- lymphoma, b-cell --- burkitt lymphoma --- lymphoma, aids-related --- lymphoma, mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue --- lymphoma, small-cell --- lymphoma, diffuse --- lymphoma, large-cell, diffuse --- lymphoma, large-cell, immunoblastic --- lymphoma, lymphoblastic --- lymphoma, mixed-cell, diffuse --- lymphoma, small cleaved-cell, diffuse --- lymphoma, mantle-cell --- lymphoma, small lymphocytic --- lymphoma, small noncleaved-cell --- lymphoma, follicular --- lymphoma, large-cell, follicular --- lymphoma, mixed-cell, follicular --- lymphoma, small cleaved-cell, follicular --- lymphoma, high-grade --- lymphoma, large-cell, immunoblastic --- lymphoma, lymphoblastic --- lymphoma, small noncleaved-cell --- burkitt lymphoma --- lymphoma, intermediate-grade --- lymphoma, large-cell, diffuse --- lymphoma, large-cell, follicular --- lymphoma, mixed-cell, diffuse --- lymphoma, small cleaved-cell, diffuse --- lymphoma, mantle-cell --- lymphoma, large-cell --- lymphoma, large-cell, diffuse --- lymphoma, large-cell, follicular --- lymphoma, large-cell, immunoblastic --- lymphoma, large-cell, ki-1 --- lymphoma, lymphoblastic --- lymphoma, low-grade --- lymphoma, mixed-cell, follicular --- lymphoma, mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue --- lymphoma, small cleaved-cell, follicular --- lymphoma, small lymphocytic --- lymphoma, mixed-cell --- lymphoma, mixed-cell, diffuse --- lymphoma, mixed-cell, follicular --- lymphoma, small-cell --- lymphoma, small cleaved-cell, diffuse --- lymphoma, mantle-cell --- lymphoma, small cleaved-cell, follicular --- lymphoma, small lymphocytic --- lymphoma, small noncleaved-cell --- lymphoma, t-cell --- lymphoma, lymphoblastic --- lymphoma, t-cell, cutaneous --- lymphoma, large-cell, ki-1 --- mycosis fungoides
Mycosis fungoides
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--- sezary syndrome --- lymphoma, t-cell, peripheral --- lymphoma, undifferentiated --- lymphoma, large-cell, diffuse --- lymphoma, small noncleaved-cell --- burkitt lymphoma --- lymphomatoid granulomatosis
Lymphomatoid granulomatosis
Lymphomatoid granulomatosis is a neoplastic disease.It is a lymphoproliferative disorder . The word granulomatosis denotes one of its microscopic character, polymorphic lymphoid infiltrates and focal necrosis within it....
--- marek disease --- sarcoidosis
Sarcoidosis
Sarcoidosis , also called sarcoid, Besnier-Boeck disease or Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann disease, is a disease in which abnormal collections of chronic inflammatory cells form as nodules in multiple organs. The cause of sarcoidosis is unknown...
--- sarcoidosis, pulmonary --- uveoparotid fever --- sezary syndrome --- tumor lysis syndrome
Tumor lysis syndrome
In medicine , tumor lysis syndrome is a group of metabolic complications that can occur after treatment of cancer, usually lymphomas and leukemias, and sometimes even without treatment...
--- waldenstrom macroglobulinemia
Waldenström macroglobulinemia
Waldenström's macroglobulinemia is cancer involving a subtype of white blood cells called lymphocytes. The main attributing antibody is Immunoglobulin M . WM is an "indolent lymphoma,"...
--- mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
--- reticuloendotheliosis
--- gaucher disease --- histiocytosisHistiocytosis
In medicine, histiocytosis refers to an excessive number of histiocytes, , and is typically used to refer to a group of rare diseases which share this as a characteristic...
--- histiocytic disorders, malignant --- histiocytosis, malignant --- leukemia, monocytic, acute --- lymphoma, large-cell --- lymphoma, large-cell, ki-1 --- histiocytosis, langerhans-cell --- eosinophilic granuloma --- histiocytosis, non-langerhans-cell --- erdheim-chester disease
Erdheim-Chester disease
Erdheim–Chester disease is a rare disease characterized by the abnormal multiplication of a specific type of white blood cells called histiocytes, or tissue macrophages . Usually, onset is in middle age...
--- histiocytosis, sinus --- lymphohistiocytosis, hemophagocytic --- niemann-pick diseases --- sea-blue histiocyte syndrome --- xanthogranuloma, juvenile --- mast-cell sarcoma
Mast-cell sarcoma
Mast cell sarcoma is an extremely aggressive form of sarcoma made up of neoplastic mast cells. A sarcoma is a tumor made of cells from connective tissue. Mast cell sarcoma is an extremely rare tumor. Only 3 cases are reported so far. Prognosis is extremely poor...
--- splenic diseases
--- hypersplenism --- myeloid metaplasia --- splenic infarctionSplenic infarction
In medicine, splenic infarction is a condition in which oxygen supply to the spleen is interrupted, leading to partial or complete infarction in the organ....
--- splenic neoplasms --- splenic rupture --- splenosis --- tuberculosis, splenic --- wandering spleen
Wandering spleen
Wandering spleen is a rare medical disease caused by the loss or weakening of the ligaments that help to hold the spleen.-Background:...