Muscles

An inguinal hernia or groin hernia is a hernia (protrusion) of abdominal cavity contents…

Pyomyositis is a bacterial infection of the skeletal muscles which results in an abscess.…

Tetanus, also known as lockjaw, is a bacterial infection caused by Clostridium tetani and…

Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) is an X-linked recessive inherited disorder characterized…

Bethlem myopathy is predominantly an autosomal dominant myopathy, classified as a…

Central core disease (CCD), also known as central core myopathy, is an autosomal dominant…

Centronuclear myopathies (CNM) are a group of congenital myopathies where cell nuclei are…

Compartment syndrome is a serious medical condition in which increased pressure within a…

Congenital muscular dystrophies are autosomal recessively-inherited muscle diseases. They…

Congenital myasthenic syndrome (CMS) is an inherited neuromuscular disorder caused by…

Dermatomyositis (DM) is a long-term inflammatory autoimmune disorder which affects the…

Distal myopathy is a group of rare genetic disorders that cause muscle damage and…

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe type of muscular dystrophy predominantly…

Emery–Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) is a type of muscular dystrophy, a group of…

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is a type of muscular dystrophy, a group of…

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a long-term condition characterised by widespread chronic pain.…

Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is the most common inflammatory muscle disease in older…

Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA), popularly known as Kennedy's disease, is a…

A leiomyosarcoma (LMS) is a rare malignant (cancerous) smooth muscle tumor. The word is…

Limb–girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) is a genetically heterogeneous group of rare…

Liposarcomas are the most common subtype of soft tissue sarcomas, accounting for at least…

Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a type of severe reaction that occurs in response to…

Glycogen storage disease type V, also known as McArdle's disease, is a metabolic…

Mitochondrial myopathies are types of myopathies associated with mitochondrial disease.…

A cramp is a sudden, involuntary, painful contraction of one or more skeletal muscles, or…

Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of rare…

Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a long-term neuromuscular junction disease that leads to…

Myositis ossificans comprises two syndromes characterized by heterotopic ossification…

Myotonia congenita is a congenital neuromuscular channelopathy that affects skeletal…

Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is a type of muscular dystrophy, a group of genetic disorders…

Nemaline myopathy is a congenital, often hereditary neuromuscular disorder with many…

Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is a rare form of muscular dystrophy with…

Paramyotonia congenita (PC) is a rare congenital autosomal dominant neuromuscular…

Periodic paralysis is a group of rare genetic diseases that lead to weakness or paralysis…

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a systemic inflammatory disease characterized by pain or…

Polymyositis (PM) is a type of chronic inflammation of the muscles related to…

Rhabdomyolysis is a condition in which damaged skeletal muscle breaks down rapidly.…

A rhabdomyoma is a benign tumor of striated muscle. Rhabdomyomas may be either cardiac or…

Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a highly aggressive form of cancer that develops from…

Sarcopenia is a type of muscle loss that occurs with aging and/or immobility. It is…

Tendon rupture is a condition in which a tendon separates in whole or in part from tissue…

Trichinosis, also known as trichinellosis, is a parasitic disease caused by roundworms of…

Volkmann's contracture is a permanent flexion contracture of the hand at the wrist,…

X-linked myotubular myopathy (MTM) is a form of centronuclear myopathy (CNM) associated…