List Diseases – M
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is one of the most dangerous complications of neuroleptic therapy, often leading to death in patients with schizophrenia.
Malignant melanoma of the skin (syn.: melanoblastoma, melanocarcinoma, melanosarcoma) is a highly malignant tumor, consisting of atypical melanocytes. A genetic predisposition to the development of melanoma has been noted - at least 10% of all cases of melanoma are familial
Malignant granuloma of the nose (malignant mesenchymoma of the midfacial region) is an extremely rare disease and therefore difficult to diagnose. In the entire world literature by the end of the 20th century, slightly more than 100 cases of this disease were described.
Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of bone is a high-grade tumor with an unknown incidence. The tumor's main constituents are histiocyte-like cells and spindle-shaped fibroblasts, which are present in varying proportions.
Malignant eccrine poroma (syn.: porocarcinoma, epidermotropic eccrine carcinoma, eccrine porocarcinoma) is a very rare tumor that usually occurs against the background of a long-existing eccrine poroma or de novo on unchanged skin.
Papulosis maligna atrophica (syn.: lethal cutaneous-intestinal syndrome, disseminated cutaneous-intestinal thromboangiitis of Kellmeyer, Degos disease) is a rare disease, the symptoms of which include lesions of the skin and internal organs (mainly the small intestine), caused by endothrombovasculitis, probably of autoimmune origin.
Malignant hypertension includes severe arterial hypertension with edema of the optic nerve papilla or extensive exudates (often hemorrhages) on the fundus, early and rapidly increasing damage to the kidneys, heart, and brain. Blood pressure usually persistently exceeds 220/130 mm Hg.
Almost all healthy people have some deviations of the nasal septum, which, however, do not cause them any discomfort. Only those curvatures of the nasal septum that interfere with normal nasal breathing and entail some diseases of the nose, paranasal sinuses and ears are pathological. Deformations of the nasal septum can be extremely diverse
Stricture of the male urethra is a urological disease characterized by obstructive damage to the spongy body of the penis.
Male infertility is a disease caused by diseases of the male reproductive system, which leads to a disruption of the generative and copulative functions and is classified as an infertile condition.
In order not to panic in vain and to take timely measures when such a need arises, it is necessary to understand the origin, it is useful to know the characteristics of the discharge observed in various pathologies.
Malaria is a long-term infectious disease with periodic attacks of fever, enlargement of the liver, spleen and progressive anemia.
Malaria (English: malaria; French: paludisme) is an anthroponotic transmissible protozoan disease characterized by damage to red blood cells, a recurrent cyclical course, bouts of fever, hepatosplenomegaly, and anemia.
Symptoms of vitamin B12 malabsorption develop from the first months of a child's life. Weakness, pallor, delayed physical development, diarrhea are noted. Neurological disorders are noted 6-30 months after the onset of the first symptoms: mental retardation, neuropathy, myelopathy.
Malabsorption (malabsorption syndrome, malabsorption syndrome, chronic diarrhea syndrome, sprue) is inadequate absorption of nutrients due to impaired digestion, absorption or transport processes.
When examining kidney diseases in children, it is of great importance to carefully question the mother or the child himself (if he is older) about any urinary disorders and the time of their appearance.
In children, especially at an early age, the most common blood disease is anemia. Anemia in children is clinically manifested by varying degrees of pallor of the skin and visible mucous membranes.
Among the psychopathological conditions associated with personality disorder, specialists of the Russian psychiatric school emphasize magiphrenia or magiphrenic syndrome (from Greek mageia - magic or sorcery and phren - mind, reason) - with the prevalence of concepts and thoughts of a magical nature, which do not fit into the framework of scientific ideas.
Madelung's disease (lipomatosis) is named after the author who described the disease in 1888. It is extremely rare. The disease is characterized by the growth of fatty tissue in various areas of the human body.
Macroglobulinemia (primary macroglobulinemia; Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia) is a malignant plasma cell disorder in which B cells produce large amounts of monoclonal IgM. Manifestations include hyperviscosity, bleeding, recurrent infections, and generalized adenopathy.