CNS

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Firm nodules with cholesterol crystals and granulomatous inflammatory tissues

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Cholesteatomas

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The dissolution or disintegration of chromophil material such as chromatin, within a cell

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Chromatolysis

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The formation and development of the organs of living things

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Organogenesis

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The condition of having an abnormally small brain

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Microencephaly

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The permanent fixation of a joint in a contracted position

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Arthrogryposis

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An enlarged phagocytic cell of microglial origin having the cytoplasm distended with lipid granules and being characteristic of some organic brain lesions

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Gitter cells

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Inflammation of several voluntary muscles simultaneously

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Polymyositis

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Increased accumulation of CSF either solely in the ventricular system (non communicating type) or within both the ventricular and the subarachnoid space (communicating type)

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Hydrocephalus

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Obstruction of lateral apertures of fourth ventricles, the mesencephalic aqueduct, or the interventricular foramen

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Acquired non-communicating hydrocephalus

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Results from obstructions which prevent the outflow of CSF into the dural venous system through the arachnoid villi

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Communicating hydrocephalus

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Increase in size of the lateral ventricles due to absence or loss of cerebral tissue as seen in hydranencephaly

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Hydrocephalus ex-vacuo

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The condition of having a smooth cerebrum without convolutions; flattened gyri

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Lissencephaly

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Absence of brain; affects the anterior parts of the brain while the brain stem is intact (aka prosencephalic hypoplasia)

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Anencephaly

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Cavitation in white matter area of cerebral hemispheres

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Hydranencephaly

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Midline cranial defect through which meningeal and brain tissue may protrude

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Cranium bifida

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Used to refer to cystic development in the white matter of cerebrum

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Porencephaly

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A defect in the spinal column characterized by: no herniation through the dorsal spinal column, herniation of meninges, herniation of meninges and spinal cord

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Spina bifida

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Tubular cavitation of spinal cord other than the central canal and extend over many segments; cavitation may communicate with the central canal and may contain fluid and is unlined

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Syringomyelia

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Dilation of the central canal with fluid

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Hydromelia

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Abnormal seam referring to a defective closure of the neural tube during development

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Dysraphia

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Temporary loss of consciousness with recovery

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Concussion

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An injury in which the skin is not broken; a bruise

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Contusion

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Lesion located at the impact side

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Coup contusion

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Lesion located on the opposite side of the brain

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Contrecoup contusion

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Unregulated vasodilation following trauma

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Brain swelling

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Increased extracellular fluid from increased vascular permeability due to breakdown of blood-brain barrier

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Vasogenic cerebral edema

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Increased intracellular fluid with blood

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Cytotoxic cerebral edema

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Necrosis of tissue due to obstruction of blood supply to the part

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Infarction

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Increased arterial hardening. A chronic disease in which thickening, hardening, and loss of elasticity of the arterial walls result in impaired blood circulation. It develops with aging, and in hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and other conditions

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Arteriosclerosis

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A form of arteriosclerosis characterized by the deposition of atheromatous plaques containing cholesterol and lipids on the innermost layer of the walls of the large and medium-sized arteries

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Atherosclerosis

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Arterial fibrosis, mineralization, and amyloidosis

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Non-lipid arteriosclerosis