Archives: Conditions A-Z

Chagas disease

Vector-borne parasitic infection that can cause chronic cardiomyopathy and megaviscera.

CHARGE syndrome

Multiple-anomaly disorder summarized by the CHARGE acronym.

Angelman syndrome

A genomic-imprinting disorder; management is supportive with seizure control and developmental therapies.

Adult-onset Still disease

Systemic autoinflammatory disorder with quotidian fever, evanescent rash and arthritis.

Antiphospholipid syndrome

Autoimmune thrombophilia with recurrent thrombosis and pregnancy morbidity due to antiphospholipid antibodies.

Aniridia

Panocular disorder with iris hypoplasia and associated foveal, lens and corneal abnormalities.

Alagille syndrome

Multisystem disorder with bile-duct paucity, cardiac, skeletal, ocular and facial features.

Biliary atresia

Progressive obliteration of bile ducts in infancy, commonest cause of pediatric liver transplant.