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CRYPTOGENIQUE [3 records]

Record 1 2024-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Respiratory System
CONT

Previously called bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia, cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP) is a rare lung condition in which the small airways (bronchioles), the tiny air-exchange sacs (alveoli) and the walls of small bronchi become inflamed and plugged with connective tissue. ... Most people who have COP experience a persistent nonproductive cough and — depending on how much of the lung is affected — may have shortness of breath with exertion, a low-grade fever and a general unwell feeling.

OBS

The condition is "cryptogenic" because the cause is unknown, and "organizing" because it is an unresolved pneumonia. COP is only diagnosed when all other possible causes of pneumonia have been eliminated.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Appareil respiratoire

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades humanas varias
  • Aparato respiratorio
CONT

La neumonía organizativa criptogenética (NOC) es una enfermedad pulmonar poco frecuente de origen desconocido con una clínica, una radiología y una histología características.

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Record 2 2023-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Nervous System
DEF

[Epilepsy] in which no cause has been identified, but which have pathological or clinical features strongly suggestive of an underlying symptomatic cause.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Système nerveux
CONT

Il est fait une distinction entre les épilepsies dont la cause est connue (épilepsie symptomatique), celles dont on suppose la cause, bien que celle-ci n'ait pas été prouvée (épilepsie cryptogénique) et celles dont la cause est inconnue (épilepsie idiopathique). L'unique cause envisagée pour les épilepsies idiopathiques reste la prédisposition héréditaire.

Spanish

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Record 3 2023-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

Of obscure, indeterminate etiology or origin ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

[Qui est] d'origine ou de cause obscure, inconnue, indéterminée [...]

OBS

[...] se dit en particulier des processus infectieux dont la porte d'entrée ou le siège sont inconnus.

Spanish

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