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What is Necrobiotic Xanthogranuloma? The Necrobiotic Xanthogranuloma is a type of Orbital Xanthogranulomatous disorder. It is a rare, chronic, progressive form of Non-Langerhan Histiocytosis. It is characterized by the yellowish plaques, lesions and nodules. The Necrobiotic Xanthogranuloma commonly occurs in the periorbital area. Necrobiotic Xanthogranuloma Symptoms The Necrobiotic Xanthogranloma, a …

What is Epithelioid angiosarcoma? Epithelioid angiosarcoma is a rare type of angiosarcoma. The epithelioid angiosarcoma is a malignant cancer of endothelial cells. It arises in the soft tissues, but primary sites such as thyroid, skin, adrenals, and bone are also encountered. Angiosarcoma is the malignant neoplasm of the mesenchymal cell …

What is Hibernoma? Hibernoma is a type of rare, benign tumour derived from brown fat. It arises from the remnants of the fetal brown adipose tissues. Brown adipose tissue or Brown fat is one of the two types of adipose tissue present in the body. Brown adipose tissues have dark …

Klatskin tumor commonly known as hilar cholangiocarcinoma (cholangiocarcinoma) is characterized by the cancer of the biliary tree majorly involving the junctions of right and left hepatic ducts. This cancerous disorder was firstly introduced in 1965 by Gerald Klatskin, who reported 15 cases of this disease. The major underlying cause of …

An Ommaya reservoir is mainly a plastic-based drug delivery system characterized as an intraventricular catheter system that consists of a catheter in an adjacent ventricle further attached to a tank which is inserted under the scalp area. This system majorly used in chemotherapy for the delivery or direct administration of …

Thymoma is characterized as a growth or tumor of the thymus gland mainly located in the epithelial cells of the specified organ. It can be either benign or malignant in nature. Thymomas are generally described by professionals according to their extent of spread from the thymus gland to other parts …

Pott’s puffy tumor is mainly characterized by the occurrence of osteomyelitis of the frontal bone of the scalp associated directly or along with haematogenic spread resulting in the localized inflammation of the forehead. This infection is very likely to spread inwardly resulting in the formation of intracranial abscess which in …

“Epidural lipomatosis is an uncommon medical disorder that is characterized by the suppression of the nerves or spinal cord due to the deposition of fat mass on or in the lining of the spinal cord in an abnormal amount.” It is also called spinal epidural lipomatosis (SEL). Naturally, the spinal …

Waldeyer’s ring is characterized by several tonsillar structures including; pharyngeal tonsil, tubal tonsils, palatine tonsils and lingual tonsils which are collectively aligned in a ring in the naso-oropharyngeal cavity. Additionally, these tonsillar bodies are interconnected with the lymphoid tissues known as mucosal-associated lymphoid tissues (MALT) which spreads approximately to the …

The onset of action and appearance of clinical signs and symptoms among the patients of lidocaine toxicity may vary depending upon the administered dosage forms (injections, patches, etc.). Typically, after the administration of the injection, it may take approximately 1-5 minutes to show the clinical manifestations of toxicity, but these …