Diseases starting with a letter m

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Meningiomas develop from meningoendothelial cells of the arachnoid. Primary meningiomas of the orbit, originating from the optic nerve shell, account for 2% of cases and are less common than gliomas of the optic nerve.

Meningioma

Meningioma - benign tumors of the meninges, capable of squeezing the adjacent brain tissue. Symptoms of a meningioma depend on the location of the tumor.

Meningeal syndrome. Causes. Symptoms. Diagnostics. Treatment

Meningeal syndrome is a symptom complex reflecting diffuse lesions of the membranes of the brain and spinal cord. Meningeal syndrome can be caused by an inflammatory process. Caused by various microbial flora (meningitis, meningoencephalitis) or non-inflammatory lesions of the brain membranes. In these cases, the term "meningism" is used.

Meningeal Syndrome Overview

Meningeal syndrome occurs due to irritation of the meninges, characterized by the presence of meningeal symptoms in combination with changes in pressure, cellular and chemical composition of cerebrospinal fluid. Synonyms - shell syndrome, syndrome of irritation of meninges.

Ménière's Disease - Overview of Information

Ménière's disease (endolymphatic hydrops, endolymphatic edema) is a disease of the inner ear caused by an increase in the amount of endolymph (a dropsy labyrinth) and manifested by periodic attacks of systemic dizziness, noise in the ears, progressive hearing loss by the neurosensory type.

Menetries disease

Disease Menetries is a rare idiopathic syndrome, observed in adults aged 30-60 years and more typical of men. The syndrome manifests itself as a pronounced thickening of the gastric folds in the body of the stomach, but not of the antrum.

Mendelssohn syndrome

Mendelssohn's syndrome is the aspiration of chemically aggressive substrate with subsequent burn and the development of hyperergic respiratory tract reaction. The development of a chemical burn of the mucosa of the respiratory tract can be caused by the action of acidic, enzyme-rich gastric juice.

Membranous glomerulonephritis (membranous nephropathy). Causes. Symptoms. Diagnostics. Treatment

Membranous glomerulonephritis (membranous nephropathy) is characterized by a diffuse thickening of the walls of the glomerular capillaries associated with diffuse subepithelial deposition of immune complexes, splitting and doubling of the GBM.

Melioidosis

The causes of melioidosis are the infection of a human Burkholderia pseudomalli (Burkholderia pseudomallei) bacterium, which is classed as a Proteobacteria, a class of Betaproteobacteria.

Melasma

Skin pigmentation disorders are common problems with which patients often refer to dermatologists. It is especially frustrating when unattractive spots appear on the face: this cosmetic problem is called melasma.

MELAS Syndrome

MELAS syndrome (Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy, Lactic Acidosis, Stroke-like episodes, mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactate acidosis, stroke-like episodes) is a disease caused by point mutations in mitochondrial DNA.

Melanoma of the Iris

Melanoma of the iris develops at the age of 9 to 84 years, more often in the fifth decade of life in women. At half of patients duration of disease before the reference to the doctor makes about 1 year, at the others a dark stain on an iris notice in the childhood.

Melanoma of the conjunctiva. Causes. Symptoms. Diagnostics. Treatment

Melanoma of the conjunctiva is approximately 2% of the eye malignant tumors.

Melanoma of the ciliary body

Melanoma of the ciliary body is less than 1% of all melanoma of the choroid. The tumor develops in the fifth to sixth decades of life, but there is information in the literature about the occurrence of melanoma of the indicated localization in children.

Melanoma of the choroid

Melanoma of the choroid begins to develop in the outer layers of the choroid, and, according to the latest data, is represented by two basic cellular types: spindle cell A and epithelioid.

Melanoma

Cancer diseases - one of the greatest problems of mankind, which every year becomes more urgent. A tumor can appear anywhere in the human body and spread to large areas through metastasis.

Melanoma

Today, various neoplasms affecting the skin are increasingly common. At the same time, about 4-10% of them are malignant tumors. They hit with the same frequency of people of different sexes. In most cases, the tumor is not formed spontaneously.

Melanoma

Melanoma is a malignant neoplasm of the skin that develops from melanocytes - cells migrating in the early embryonic period from the neuroectoderm to the skin, eyes, respiratory tract and intestines.

Melanocytic neoplasms. Causes. Symptoms. Diagnostics. Treatment

According to the WHO classification (1995), the following varieties of melanocytic nevi are distinguished: borderline; complex (mixed); intradermal; epithelioid and / or spindle cellular; nevus from balloon-shaped cells; halonews; giant pigmented nevus; fibrous papule of the nose (involutional nevus); blue nevus; cellular blue nevus.

Meibomite

Meibomite is an ailment that in common people is called internal barley. This disease can affect meibomian glands, which are located on the eyelids.

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