A cancer originating in lymphocytes and presenting as a solid tumor of lymhpoid cells.

A disorder characterized by proliferation of lymphocytes at various stages of differentiation. Lymphoproliferative disorders can be neoplastic (clonal, as in lymphomas and leukemias) or reactive (polyclonal, as in infectious mononucleosis).

Terminal broadening of the fingers (distal phalanges of the fingers).

A deficiency or slowing down of growth pre- and postnatally.

Failure to thrive (FTT) refers to a child whose physical growth is substantially below the norm.

Ulcerative colitis is a chronic disorder that affects the digestive system. This condition is characterized by abnormal inflammation of the inner surface (epithelium) of the rectum and colon. The rectum and colon make up most of the length of the large intestine. The inflammation usually causes open sores (ulcers) to develop in the large intestine. Ulcerative colitis usually appears between the age of 15 and 30, although it can develop at any age. The inflammation tends to flare up multiple times throughout a person's life, which causes recurring signs and symptoms.\n\nThe most common symptoms of ulcerative colitis are cramping abdominal pain and frequent diarrhea, often with blood, pus, or mucus in the stool. Other signs and symptoms include nausea, loss of appetite, bowel urgency, fatigue, and fevers. Chronic bleeding from the inflamed and ulcerated intestinal tissue can cause a shortage of red blood cells (anemia) in some affected individuals. People with this disorder have difficulty absorbing enough fluids and nutrients from their diet and often experience weight loss. Affected children usually grow more slowly than normal. Less commonly, ulcerative colitis causes problems with the skin, joints, eyes, kidneys, or liver, which are most likely due to abnormal inflammation.\n\nToxic megacolon is a rare complication of ulcerative colitis that can be life-threatening. Toxic megacolon involves a widening (dilation) of the colon and an overwhelming inflammatory response. Ulcerative colitis also increases the risk of developing colon cancer, especially in people whose entire colon is inflamed and in those who have had ulcerative colitis for 8 years or more.\n\nUlcerative colitis is one common form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Another type of IBD, Crohn's disease, also causes chronic inflammation of the intestines. Unlike ulcerative colitis, which affects only the inner surface of the large intestine, Crohn's disease can cause inflammation in any part of the digestive system, and the inflammation extends deeper into the intestinal tissue.

Atrophic gastritis (AG) is a histopathological entity that is characterized by chronic inflammation of the gastric mucosa with loss of gastric glandular cells and replacement by intestinal-type epithelium, pyloric-type glands, and fibrous tissue.

The presence of chronic diarrhea, which is usually taken to mean diarrhea that has persisted for over 4 weeks.

The enteric villi are atrophic or absent.

Inflammation, or an inflammatory state in the large intestine.

An abnormal reduction in numbers of all blood cell types (red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets).

A reduction in the number of circulating thrombocytes.

Inflammation of a joint.

Persistent abnormal dilatation of the bronchi owing to localized and irreversible destruction and widening of the large airways.

A recurrent form of sinusitis.

An increased susceptibility to pneumonia as manifested by a history of recurrent episodes of pneumonia.

According to the definitions of the American and British Thoracic Societies, including pulmonary functional tests, X-rays, and CT scans for items such as fibrosis, bronchiectasis, bullae, emphysema, nodular or lymphomatous abnormalities.

An increased susceptibility to respiratory infections as manifested by a history of recurrent respiratory infections.

An autoimmune form of hemolytic anemia.

Asthma is characterized by increased responsiveness of the tracheobronchial tree to multiple stimuli, leading to narrowing of the air passages with resultant dyspnea, cough, and wheezing.

Inflammation of the conjunctiva.

An erythematous eruption commonly associated with drug reactions or infection and characterized by inflammatory nodules that are usually tender, multiple, and bilateral.

Failure of the immune system to protect the body adequately from infection, due to the absence or insufficiency of some component process or substance.

Inflammation of any part of the lung parenchyma.

Systemic inflammatory response to infection.

Abnormal increased size of the spleen.

Inflammation of the thyroid gland.

Inflammation of one or all portions of the uveal tract.

Decreased levels of immunoglobulin A (IgA).

An abnormally decreased level of immunoglobulin M (IgM) in blood.

Increased susceptibility to infections.

The presence of thrombocytopenia in combination with detection of antiplatelet antibodies.

A generalized form of lymphadenopathy.

Enlargment (swelling) of a lymph node.

Neutropenia with an absolute neutrophil count (ANC) less than 1,500,000,000/L lasting for more than 3 months.

Increased susceptibility to otitis media, as manifested by recurrent episodes of otitis media.

An abnormal decrease from the normal count of B cells.

A reduction in the normal proportion of class-switched memory B cells (CD19+/CD27+/IgM+/IgD+) relative to the total number of B cells. Marginal zone B cells undergo limited somatic hypermutation and produce high-affinity IgM and some IgG, whereas class-switched memory B cells synthetize IgG, IgM, and IgA.

A reduced ability to synthesize postvaccination antibodies against toxoids and polysaccharides in vaccines, as measured by antibody titer determination following vaccination.

An abnormally decreased level of immunoglobulin G (IgG) in blood.

Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D), also designated insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), is a disorder of glucose homeostasis characterized by susceptibility to ketoacidosis in the absence of insulin therapy. It is a genetically heterogeneous autoimmune disease affecting about 0.3% of Caucasian populations (Todd, 1990). Genetic studies of T1D have focused on the identification of loci associated with increased susceptibility to this multifactorial phenotype. The classic phenotype of diabetes mellitus is polydipsia, polyphagia, and polyuria which result from hyperglycemia-induced osmotic diuresis and secondary thirst. These derangements result in long-term complications that affect the eyes, kidneys, nerves, and blood vessels.

Generalized well circumscribed patches of leukoderma that are generally distributed over symmetric body locations and is due to autoimmune destruction of melanocytes.

A skin lesions that resembles the lesions observed in psoriasis, viz., an erythematous plaque covered by fine silvery scales. Psoriasiform lesions can be observed in psoriasis as well as in other conditions including allergic contact dermatitis, seborrhoeic dermatitis, Atopic dermatitis, pityriasis rubra, and lichen simplex chronicus.

Deficiency of thyroid hormone.