Category: C
-
Cecosigmoidostomy
A surgical connection between the cecum and the sigmoid.
-
Cecopexy
Surgical fixation of the cecum to the abdominal wall. The reduction of a dilated cecum by making a fold in its wall.
-
Cecoileostomy
Surgical formation of an anastomosis between the cecum and the ileum.
-
Cecocolostomy
A colostomy joining the cecum to the colon.
-
Cecitis
Inflammation of the cecum.
-
Cebocephalus
A fetus with a monkey-like head.
-
Cavitation
Formation of a cavity. This process may be normal, as in the formation of the amnion in human development, or pathological, as in the development of cavities in lung tissue in pulmonary tuberculosis.
-
Cavernous sinus syndrome
The clinical consequences of a blood clot in the sinus cavernosus. Symptoms commonly include headache, unilateral or bilateral facial pain, ocular paralysis, facial edema, and retinal edema. Muscle paralysis caused by impairment of the third, fourth, and sixth cranial nerves. This condition occurs due to a blood clot in the cavernous sinus, a dilated blood…
-
Cavernosography
Radiological imaging of the corpus cavemosum.
-
Cavernositis
Inflammation of the corpus cavemosum.