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Disease Reference
Browse through the alphabetical listings below to find quick information about any health topic.
 


 
Cafe-au-lait spots
Calcific tendonitis
Calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease
Campylobacter enteritis
Canavan disease
Cancer
Cancer - acute childhood leukemia (ALL)
Cancer - bile ducts
Cancer - brain tumor (primary)
Cancer - brain tumor (secondary)
Cancer - breast
Cancer - bronchial adenoma
Cancer - cervix
Cancer - colon
Cancer - esophagus
Cancer - Hodgkin's lymphoma
Cancer - intestine
Cancer - kidney
Cancer - kidney or ureter
Cancer - liver
Cancer - lung (primary)
Cancer - lung (secondary)
Cancer - mouth
Cancer - multiple myeloma
Cancer - neuroblastoma
Cancer - ovaries
Cancer - pancreas
Cancer - penis
Cancer - perineum
Cancer - prostate
Cancer - renal pelvis or ureter
Cancer - skin - basal cell
Cancer - skin - malignant melanoma
Cancer - skin - squamous cell
Cancer - stomach
Cancer - testes
Cancer - throat or larynx
Cancer - thyroid
Cancer - thyroid (medullary carcinoma)
Cancer - uterine
Cancer - vagina
Cancer - vulva
Cancer - Wilms' tumor
Cancrum oris
Candida infection - esophagus
Candida-associated diaper dermatitis
Candidiasis
Candidiasis - cutaneous
Candidiasis - oral
Candidiasis - oral - adult
Canker sores
Cannabis intoxication
Capillary hemangioma
Caplan’s syndrome
Caput
Caput succedaneum
Carbuncles
Carbunculosis
Carcinoid syndrome
Carcinoma
Carcinoma of the renal pelvis or ureter
Cardiac amyloid
Cardiac defibrillation
Cardiac tamponade
Cardiac tumor
Cardiogenic shock
Cardiomyopathy
Cardiomyopathy - alcoholic
Cardiomyopathy - dilated
Cardiomyopathy - hypertrophic
Cardiomyopathy - idiopathic
Cardiomyopathy - ischemic
Cardiomyopathy - peripartum
Cardiomyopathy - restrictive
Cardiovascular disorders
Carotid artery occlusion syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Cat cry syndrome
Cat scratch disease
Cataract
Catheter-associated UTI
Cavernoma
Cavernous hemangioma
Cavernous hemangiomas
Cavernous sinus thrombosis
Cavities - tooth
Celiac disease - sprue
Cellulitis
Cellulitis - neck
Cellulitis - streptococcal
Central diabetes insipidus
Central pontine myelinolysis
Central serous retinopathy
Central sleep apnea
Cerebellar ataxia
Cerebellar herniation
Cerebellopontine angle tumor
Cerebral abscess
Cerebral aneurysm
Cerebral atrophy
Cerebral hypoxia
Cerebral lymphoma
Cerebral palsy
Cerebral vasculitis
Cerebrovascular accident
Cerebrovascular disease
Cerumen impaction
Cervical cancer
Cervical dysplasia
Cervical erosion
Cervical inflammation
Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN)
Cervical osteoarthritis
Cervical polyps
Cervical pregnancy
Cervical radiculopathy
Cervical spondylosis
Cervical ulceration
Cervicitis
CFS
CGD
Chagas disease
Chalasia
Chalazion
Chancroid
Change of life
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (hereditary)
Chediak-Higashi syndrome
Cheloid scar
Chemical pneumonitis
Cherry angioma
Chest infection
CHF
Chickenpox
Chiggers
Childhood disintegrative disorder
Childhood hyperkinesis
Childhood volvulus
Chinese restaurant syndrome
Chlamydia
Chlamydia - female
Chlamydia psittaci
Chlamydial pneumonia
Chlamydial urethritis - male
Chloasma
Choanal atresia
Choking
Cholangiocarcinoma
Cholangitis
Choledocholithiasis
Cholelithiasis
Cholera
Cholestasis
Cholestasis - drug-induced
Cholesteatoma
Cholesterol embolization syndrome
Chondroectodermal dysplasia
Chondromalacia patellae
Chorioblastoma
Choriocarcinoma
Chorioepithelioma
Chorioretinitis
Chorioretinitis
Choroidal dystrophies
Christmas disease
Chroiditis
Chromaffin tumors
Chromosome 5p deletion
Chronic active hepatitis
Chronic adrenocortical insufficiency
Chronic aggressive hepatitis
Chronic atrophic pyelonephritis
Chronic bacterial prostatitis
Chronic bilateral obstructive uropathy
Chronic brain syndrome
Chronic bronchitis
Chronic chemical pneumonitis
Chronic cholecystitis
Chronic cystic mastitis
Chronic depression
Chronic ear infection
Chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome (CFIDS)
Chronic fatigue syndrome
Chronic gastritis
Chronic glaucoma
Chronic glomerulonephritis
Chronic gouty arthritis
Chronic granulocytic leukemia
Chronic granulomatous disease
Chronic inflammatory polyneuropathy
Chronic insomnia
Chronic kidney failure
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)
Chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis
Chronic mitral valve regurgitation
Chronic motor tic disorder
Chronic myelocytic leukemia
Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML)
Chronic nephritis
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Chronic or recurrent urinary tract infection
Chronic or recurrent UTI
Chronic organic brain syndrome
Chronic otitis externa
Chronic otitis media
Chronic pancreatitis
Chronic persistent hepatitis
Chronic relapsing pancreatitis
Chronic renal failure
Chronic renal insufficiency
Chronic respiratory acidosis
Chronic sinus infection
Chronic sinusitis
Chronic subdural hematoma
Chronic symptomatic HIV infection
Chronic thyroiditis (Hashimoto’s disease)
Chronic unilateral obstructive uropathy
Chronic urethral obstruction
Chronic urethritis
Chronic venous insufficiency
Chronic vocal tic disorder
Chylomicronemia syndrome
Circumscribed brain atrophy
Cirrhosis
Cirrhosis or hepatitis - alcoholic
Clap disease
Classic migraine
Classical hemophilia
Classical RTA
Cleft lip and palate
Cleidocranial dysostosis
Cleidocranial dysplasia
Climacteric
Clinical hemoglobin C
Clinical thalassemia (major and minor)
CLL
Closed angle glaucoma
Clostridial infection of tissues
Clostridial myonecrosis
Clot
Clot in the legs
Clot in the renal vein
Clown lips
Clubfoot
Cluster headaches
CMV - congenital
CMV - gastroenteritis/colitis
CMV - immunocompromised host
CMV - pneumonia
CMV - retinitis
CNS abscess
Coagulopathy
Coal workers pneumoconiosis
Coarctation of the aorta
Cocaine intoxication
Cocaine withdrawal
Coccidioidomycosis
Coccidioidomycosis - acute (primary) pulmonary
Coccidioidomycosis - chronic pulmonary
Coccidioidomycosis - disseminated
Coccidiosis
Cold sore
Colds
Colic in infants
Colitis
Colitis - cytomegalovirus
Colitis - pseudomembranous
Collagen vascular disease
Collapse of the lung
Collapsed lung
Colloid nodular goiter
Colon cancer
Colon splenic flexure distention
Colonic angiomas
Colonic arteriovenous malformation
Colorado tick fever
Colorblind
Colorectal cancer
Colorectal polyps
Common cold
Common ichthyosis
Common migraine
Common peroneal nerve dysfunction
Compartment syndrome
Complete abortion
Complex seizure
Complicated alcohol abstinence (delirium tremens)
Complicated urinary tract infection
Compression fractures of the back
Compression of spinal cord
Compulsive gambling
Concussion
Conditions associated with jaundice
Conduct disorder
Condyloma
Condylomata acuminata
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Congenital afibrinogenemia
Congenital antithrombin III deficiency
Congenital bronchiectasis
Congenital cataract
Congenital CMV
Congenital cranial osteoporosis
Congenital cytomegalovirus
Congenital dermal melanocytosis
Congenital erythropoietic porphyria
Congenital giant pigmented nevus
Congenital glaucoma
Congenital heart disease
Congenital hernia of the diaphragm
Congenital herpes
Congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis
Congenital hypothyroidism
Congenital lack of intrinsic factor
Congenital lues
Congenital megacolon
Congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
Congenital nephrotic syndrome
Congenital nevus
Congenital pernicious anemia
Congenital platelet function defects
Congenital protein C or S deficiency
Congenital rubella syndrome
Congenital spherocytic anemia
Congenital syphilis
Congenital toxoplasmosis
Congestive heart failure
Congestive heart failure - left
Congestive heart failure - right
Conjunctivitis
Conjunctivitis of the newborn
Conn's syndrome
Constitutional liver dysfunction
Constrictive pericarditis
Consumption coagulopathy
Contact dermatitis
Continuous ambulatory peritoneal
Conversion disorder
Conversion disorder
Cooley's anemia
COPD;
Cor pulmonale
Corneal injury
Corneal ulcers and infections
Corns and calluses
Coronary artery disease
Coronary artery spasm
Corticosteroid-induced Cushing's syndrome
Costochondritis
Coxa plana
Coxsackievirus infection
CPPD
Crabs
Cradle cap
Cranial mononeuropathy III - compression type
Cranial mononeuropathy III - diabetic type
Cranial mononeuropathy VI
Cranial mononeuropathy VII
Craniopharyngioma
Craniosynostosis
Craniotabes
Creeping eruption
Crescentic glomerulonephritis
CREST syndrome
Cretinism
Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease
CRF
Cri du chat syndrome
Crib death
Crigler-Najjar syndrome
Crohn’s disease (regional enteritis)
Crossbite
Crossed eyes
Croup
Crowded teeth
Cryoglobulinemia - primary
Cryptococcal meningitis
Cryptococcosis
Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis
Cryptorchidism
Cryptosporidium enterocolitis
CSD
CSF leak
Culture-negative endocarditis
Curvature of the penis
Cushing’s syndrome
Cushing’s syndrome - caused by adrenal tumor
Cushing’s syndrome - exogenous
Cushing's syndrome - corticosteroid induced
Cushing's syndrome - ectopic
Cutaneous abscess
Cutaneous anthrax
Cutaneous candidiasis
Cutaneous skin tags
CVA
Cyanotic heart disease
Cyclothymic disorders
Cyprus fever
Cystic acne
Cystic fibrosis
Cystic hygroma
Cysticercosis
Cystine stones
Cystinuria
Cystitis
Cystitis - acute bacterial
Cystitis - noninfectious (acute urethral syndrome)
Cysts - ear
Cysts - kidneys
Cytomegalovirus - immunocompromised host
Cytomegalovirus pneumonia
 

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