Cryptic Pregnancy

Cryptic Pregnancy Cryptic pregnancy is a condition whereby a pregnant woman is unaware of her pregnancy until labor. During this pregnancy there is little or no detectable Human chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) in the mothers system. Cryptic Pregnancy (Picture Credit; parents24.) Very often, bodily...

Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) Or Stone Man Syndrome

Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) Or Stone Man Syndrome FOP is a disorder in which muscle tissue and connective tissue (tendons and ligaments) are gradually replaced by bone (ossified), forming bone outside the skeleton (extra-skeletal or heterotopic bone) that constrains movement. It is...

Tree Man Syndrome , Lewandowsky-Lutz dysplasia or Epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV)

Tree Man Syndrome Lewandowsky-Lutz dysplasia or Epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV) This is an extremely rare autosomal recessive hereditary skin disorder associated with a high risk of skin cancer, characterised by marked susceptibility to Human Papilloma Virus HPV (type 5, 8) infection, which in...

PROGERIA , Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome or "HGPS"

PROGERIA  Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome or "HGPS" A rare congenital childhood disorder marked by gross retardation of growth after the first year and by rapid onset of the physical changes typical of old age, usually resulting in death before age 20. Also called premature-senility syndrome            ...

STONE BABIES (Lithopedia)

STONE BABIES (Lithopedia) This is a rare medical phenomenon, as at date, Only about 300 cases have been reported or documented. It Was First described by Dr Albucasis (an Arab Muslim physician and surgeon who was the first physician to describe an ectopic pregnancy, and the first physician to identify...