- What are the symptoms of pleural mesothelioma?

What are the symptoms of pleural mesothelioma?

Mary Hesdorffer, MS, APRN, nurse practitioner with the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation discusses symptoms of pleural mesothelioma.

- What does a pleural mesothelioma diagnosis mean?

What does a pleural mesothelioma diagnosis mean?

Mary Hesdorffer, MS, APRN, nurse practitioner at the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation talks about the importance of consulting with a pleural mesothelioma expert when discussing a diagnosis.

- Pickwickian syndrome.

Pickwickian syndrome

-Def :- It is a condition in which severely overweight people fail to breathe rapidly enough or deeply enough, resulting in low blood oxygen levels and high blood carbon dioxide (CO2) levels.

-Synonyms:- Obesity hypoventilation syndrome(OHS).
-In 1836, Charles Dickens drew in his novel "The posthumous paper of the Pickwick Club" what would be, certainly, the best characterization of an obese subject with respiratory disorders(1).
 

- Oculo-cerebro-renal Syndrome.

Oculo-cerebro-renal Syndrome

-Def:- It is a X-linked recessive disorder of eye,cerebral cortex and renal tubules .

-Synonyms (1):-

• Lowe's oculocerebrorenal disease/syndrome.
• Lowe's disease/syndrome.
• Oculocerebrorenal dystrophy.

- The condition became known as "Lowe syndrome" named after Dr. Charles Lowe, the senior member of the group that described it.

-Clinical picture:-