Category: Rx Cancer (A – Z)

Fibrofolliculomas and trichodiscomas are small, smooth, skin-colored to white bumps that usually show up on the face, neck, behind the ears, and upper trunk....

A malignant tumor of the biliary tract is a cancer that starts in the thin tubes that carry bile. These tubes are called the...

A malignant biliary tree neoplasm is a cancer that starts in the tubes that carry bile. These tubes are called the bile ducts. They...

Biliary tree cancer means cancer that starts in the thin tubes that carry bile from the liver to the small intestine. Doctors group it...

Biliary tract cancer is a group of cancers that start in the tubes and organs that carry and store bile. Bile is a yellow-green...

Benign paroxysmal tonic upgaze of childhood with ataxia is a rare, early-life movement and eye-movement condition. “Paroxysmal” means it comes in bursts or spells....

Benign familial convulsions are brief seizures in babies who are otherwise well. “Benign” (now replaced by the term self-limited) means seizures stop by themselves...

Benign familial neonatal seizures (BFNS) is a rare, inherited epilepsy syndrome that starts in the first days of life, usually between day 2 and...

Benign neonatal seizures are seizures that start in the first days of life in otherwise healthy newborns and then stop on their own over...

Benign mucous membrane pemphigoid is a chronic autoimmune blistering disease that mainly attacks moist linings of the body, called mucous membranes. These include the...

Benign intracranial hypertension (Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension, IIH) is a condition where the pressure of the fluid around the brain (cerebrospinal fluid, CSF) is too...

Benign familial infantile convulsions are seizures that start in otherwise healthy infants in the first year of life, run in families, and tend to...

Cystosarcoma phyllode of the breast —now usually called a phyllodes tumor—is a rare breast growth that starts in the connective (stromal) tissue of the breast...

A fibroepithelial breast lump is a growth in the breast made of two parts: fibrous (support) tissue and gland (milk-duct) tissue. The two main...

A benign breast phyllodes tumor is a rare, fast-growing fibroepithelial breast lump made of breast ducts and a leaf-like (phyllodes) overgrowth of supporting tissue....

Basal cell carcinoma with follicular differentiation (BCC-FD) is a special pathologic variant of basal cell carcinoma (the most common skin cancer). In this variant,...

Tumor Susceptibility Linked to Germline BAP1 Mutations is an inherited condition. A person is born with a harmful change (mutation) in one copy of...

Tumor Predisposition Syndrome 1” refers to a rare, inherited condition caused by harmful (pathogenic) changes in the BAP1 gene. The BAP1 gene normally helps...

Malignant Hyperthermia Syndrome is a dangerous reaction of the body’s skeletal muscles to some anesthesia medicines. In people who carry certain inherited changes (variants)...

B-cell prolymphocytic leukemia is a rare, aggressive leukemia that arises from mature B-lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell). Under the microscope, the blood...