| 1. | Kabuki syndrome | also previously known as Kabuki makeup syndrome, KMS or Niikawa Kuroki Syndrome, is a very rare pediatric congenital disorder of unknown cause with multiple congenital anomalies and mental More… 2.7 KB |
| 2. | Kallmann syndrome | is an example of hypogonadism (decreased functioning of the sex hormone-producing glands) caused by a deficiency of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), which is created by the More… 1.1 KB |
| 3. | Kaposi sarcoma | Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a tumor caused by Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8), also known as Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV). It was originally described by Moritz Kaposi, a More… 2.4 KB |
| 4. | Kaufman oculocerebrofacial syndrome | is an autosomal recessive congenital disorder characterized by mental retardation, microbrachycephaly, long narrow face, upslanting palpebral fissures, eye abnormalities, highly arched More… 0.3 KB |
| 5. | Kawasaki disease | (also called lymph node syndrome, mucocutaneous node disease, infantile polyarteritis and Kawasaki syndrome) is an inflammation (vasculitis) of the middle-sized arteries. It affects many More… 0.4 KB |
| 6. | Kearns Sayre syndrome | (abbreviated KSS) or Ragged Red Fiber Myopathy or Oculocraniosomatic Syndrome is a disease caused by a 4,977 base-pair deletion in the mitochondrial DNA. As such, it is a rare genetic More… 0.5 KB |
| 7. | Keloid | A keloid is a type of hypertrophic scar with mainly type I and some type III collagen which results in an overgrowth of tissue at the site of a healed skin injury. Keloids are firm, rubbery More… 0.6 KB |
| 8. | Kennedy disease | (KD) or X-linked spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is a neuromuscular disease associated with mutation of the androgen receptor (AR). Because of its endocrine manifestations related More… 0.6 KB |
| 9. | Keratin | Keratins are a family of fibrous structural proteins; tough and insoluble, they form the hard but nonmineralized structures found in reptiles, birds, amphibians and mammals. They are rivaled More… 0.3 KB |
| 10. | Keratins | are a family of fibrous structural proteins; tough and insoluble, they form the hard but nonmineralized structures found in reptiles, birds, amphibians and mammals. They are rivaled as More… 0.3 KB |
| 11. | Keratitis ichthyosis deafness syndrome | (also called "Desmons' syndrome," "Ichthyosiform erythroderma, corneal involvement, and deafness," "KID syndrome," and "Senter syndrome") More… 0.4 KB |
| 12. | Keratoacanthoma | is a relatively common low-grade malignancy that originates in the pilosebaceous glands and closely and pathologically resembles squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). In fact, strong arguments More… 0.7 KB |
| 13. | Keratoconjunctivitis | is inflammation ("itis") of the cornea and conjunctiva. When only the cornea is inflamed, it is called keratitis; when only the conjunctiva is inflamed, it is called More… 1.5 KB |
| 14. | Keratoconjunctivitis sicca | (KCS), also known as keratitis sicca, sicca syndrome, xerophthalmia, dry eye syndrome (DES), or simply dry eyes, is an eye disease caused by decreased tear production or increased tear film More… 0.5 KB |
| 15. | Keratoconus | is a degenerative disorder of the eye in which structural changes within the cornea cause it to thin and change to a more conical shape than its normal gradual curve. Keratoconus can cause More… 1.6 KB |
| 16. | Keratomalacia | is an eye disorder that leads to a dry cornea. One of its major causes is a deficiency of Vitamin A. |
| 17. | Keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans | (also called "Siemens-1 syndrome") is a rare X-linked disorder described by Siemens in 1926, a disease that begins in infancy with keratosis pilaris localized on the face, then More… 0.2 KB |
| 18. | Keratosis pilaris | is a very common genetic follicular condition that is manifested by the appearance of rough bumps on the skin, hence referred to as chicken skin. It most often appears on the back and outer More… 3.5 KB |
| 19. | Keratosis pilaris atrophicans faciei | Keratosis pilaris atrophicans faciei (also called "Folliculitis rubra," "Keratosis pilaris rubra atrophicans faciei," "Lichen pilare," "Ulerythema More… 0.6 KB |
| 20. | Kernicterus | is damage to the brain centers of infants caused by increased levels of unconjugated-indirect bilirubin which is free (not bound to albumin). This may be due to several underlying pathologic More… 1.8 KB |
