Archives: Conditions A-Z

Epidermolysis bullosa

Group of disorders with extreme skin fragility and blistering from minor trauma; severe types cause scarring and SCC risk.

Fibrous dysplasia

Replacement of bone by fibrous tissue, isolated or with endocrinopathy and skin pigmentation.

Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva

Progressive heterotopic ossification of soft tissue, with characteristic great-toe malformation.

Ehlers-Danlos syndromes

Heritable connective-tissue disorders with joint hypermobility, skin hyperextensibility and tissue fragility; vascular type carries arterial rupture risk.

DiGeorge syndrome

Microdeletion disorder with thymic hypoplasia, cardiac defects, hypocalcemia and facial features.

Common variable immunodeficiency

Commonest symptomatic primary antibody deficiency with low immunoglobulins and recurrent infections.

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency

Enzyme deficiency causing oxidative hemolysis triggered by drugs, infection or fava beans.

Diamond-Blackfan anemia

Inherited pure red cell aplasia with congenital anomalies.