Introduction Gallbladder cancer is a rare but serious disease that develops when cancerous (malignant) cells form in the tissues of the gallbladder a small ...

    Introduction Liver cancer is one of the most challenging cancers worldwide, known for its aggressive nature and often late diagnosis. ...

Pelvofemoral muscular dystrophy (PFMD) is an older descriptive name for a limb-girdle pattern of muscular dystrophy in which weakness starts in the pelvic and ...

Isolated congenital polycystic liver disease is a rare condition in which many fluid-filled sacs (cysts) grow throughout the liver over a lifetime, even though ...

Fibrocystic disease of the liver (often called fibropolycystic liver disease) is a family of rare birth-related liver problems where the tubes that carry bile ...

Congenital polycystic liver disease is a condition you are born with. It causes many fluid-filled sacs, called cysts, to form in the liver. These cysts come ...

Congenital cystic disease of the liver is an umbrella term for birth-related (genetic or developmental) problems where tiny tubes in the developing liver (the ...

Autosomal dominant polycystic liver disease (ADPLD) is a genetic condition where many fluid-filled cysts grow in the liver. Over time, cysts can become ...

Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a special kind of chronic inflammation of the pancreas that happens when the immune system mistakenly attacks the pancreas. It ...

Autoimmune hepatitis is a long-lasting liver disease where the body’s immune system wrongly attacks liver cells. This attack causes inflammation, raises liver ...

Autoimmune enteropathy and endocrinopathy – susceptibility to chronic infections syndrome is an extremely rare, inherited immune-system disorder. It happens ...

Severe immune-mediated enteropathy means the small intestine is badly inflamed or injured because the immune system is attacking or mis-controlling the lining ...

Urethral atresia means the urethra (the tube that lets urine exit the bladder) did not form a usable opening during fetal development. Urine cannot leave the ...

Atresia of the urethra means the urethra—the tube that should carry urine from the bladder to the outside—did not form an open channel. It is blocked ...

Jejunoileal atresia is a birth defect where a segment of the small intestine (jejunum and/or ileum) fails to form a normal, open tube, causing a complete ...

Jejunal atresia is a birth problem where a section of the middle small intestine (the jejunum) is blocked or missing. Because the tube is closed, milk cannot ...

Congenital small intestine atresia means a baby is born with a blocked or missing segment of the small bowel (jejunum or ileum). Food and fluid cannot pass ...

Atresia of the small intestine means a portion of a baby’s small bowel did not form a normal, open tube before birth. Instead of a smooth passage, there is a ...

Annular pancreas is a rare birth difference where a ring (or partial ring) of pancreatic tissue grows around the second part of the duodenum (the first part of ...

Anisakiasis is a disease caused by tiny roundworms (nematodes) that live in some raw or undercooked marine fish and squid. When a person eats fish or squid ...