Leukoplakia and erythroplakia, or the combined erythroleukoplakia, are types of lesions that appear in the mouth or throat. They may be white or red, and they can be flat or raised. Most don't cause ...

When Jan Frodeno announced last Friday that he won't be in Kona this year due to an unusual post-bike crash complication called a Morel-Lavallee lesion, there were a couple of common responses. Of ...

If you have upper motor neuron lesions, you have damage to certain nerve cells that help you move. Medicines and therapy can help control symptoms like muscle spasms and help you walk and talk more ...

While Multiple Sclerosis (MS) doesn’t cause skin lesions, some aspects of MS or MS treatment can be associated with an increased risk of skin lesions, hives, and other skin problems. Treatment options ...

Stucco keratosis is a type of benign skin lesion that most often develops on the feet and legs. These lesions tend to be more common as you get older. The name of stucco keratosis is derived from the ...

These nine cases will test your ability to distinguish ringworm from infections that can cause similar eruptions. See how many diagnoses you get right. Even though tinea infection is a common cause ...

As a study in Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology points out, Kaposi lesions may be less visible in people who have darker skin tones. Although Kaposi lesions can be asymptomatic, they may sometimes ...

When trying to understand the health of long-past populations, sometimes you have to rely on nothing but the bones. In anthropology, porous cranial lesions (PCLs) — areas of pitting on the roof of the ...

What types of noncarious lesions do dental practitioners most often choose to restore, and why? That was the question addressed in a new study in the Journal of the American Dental Association ...

A lesion is a mark on the skin that looks or feels different than the surrounding skin. Everything from a blister to a bug bite could be referred to as a lesion. Some lesions are caused by ...

Disease recurrence in patients with localized renal cell carcinoma (RCC) who undergo nephron-sparing surgery (NSS) is low, and is usually attributed to undetected tumor foci. Few data are available on ...

MRI-invisible prostate lesions. It sounds like the stuff of science fiction and fantasy, a creation from the minds of H.G. Wells, who wrote The Invisible Man, or J.K. Rowling, who authored the Harry ...