Category: S
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Stalked hydatid
Morgagnian hydatid connected with a fallopian tube.
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Sessile hydatid
Morgagnian hydatid connected with a testicle.
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Sebaceous horn
A hard protrusion from a sebaceous gland.
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Synthetic human growth hormone
A growth hormone made with recombinant DNA techniques.
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Sebileau’s hollow
A depression in the floor of the mouth between the tongue and the sublingual glands.
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Sacral hiatus
The opening on the inferoposterior surface of the sacrum into the sacral canal.
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Synovial hernia
Protrusion of a portion of synovial membrane through a tear in the stratum fibrosum of a joint capsule.
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Spigelian hernia
A defect that occurs at or below the linea semicircularis but above the point at which the inferior epigastric vessels cross the lateral border of the rectus abdominis muscle. This type of hernia may contain preperitoneal fat or may be a peritoneal sac containing intraperitoneal contents. It is rare and difficult to diagnose unless large,…
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Sliding hernia
hernia in which a wall of the cecum or sigmoid colon forms a portion of the sac, the remainder of the sac being parietal peritoneum.
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Scrotal hernia
A hernia that descends into the scrotum.