Hemihypertrophy: Asymmetric overgrowth (hypertrophy) of the skull, face, trunk, limbs, and/or digits, with or without visceral involvement.
hemihypertrophy: Rare condition in which one side of the body seems to grow faster than the other.
high blood pressure: Medical term is hypertension.
Hemihypertrophy
Also called hemihyperplasia, hemihypertrophy is a greater-than-normal asymmetry between the right and left sides of the...
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Hemihypertrophy, Intestinal Web, Preauricular Skin Tag, And Congenital Corneal Opacity [syndrome]; Hospital Indicator For Physicians Orders
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Hemihypertrophy (abnormally large growth of one side of the body or a body part).
Denys-Drash syndrome.
Cryptorchidism.
hemihypertrophy (HEM-ee-hy-PER-troh-fee) A condition in which one side of the body or a part of one side is larger than the other.
: Isolated hemihyperplasia (hemihypertrophy): report of a prospective multicenter study of the incidence of neoplasia and review. Am J Med Genet 79 (4): 274-8, 1998.
Hemihypertrophy or hemihypotrophy is defined as gross asymmetry of more than 5% which may reflect limb girth or length. The asymmetry may involve part or all of one limb, both limbs or the entire half of the body.
to identify the disorder in an individual patient, all of which include macrocephaly and a number of the following: somatic overgrowth, cutis marmorata, midline facial birthmark, polydactyly/syndactyly, asymmetry (hemihyperplasia or hemihypertrophy), ...
A disturbance of cell growth including benign tumours under the skin, overgrowth of the body, often more on one side than the other (hemihypertrophy), and overgrowth of fingers (macrodactyly).
Overgrowth of one side of the body (hemihypertrophy or asymmetry)
Unusual characteristic facial features.
Affected infants may be low birth weight. Growth delays and immature bone development continue after birth.
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
Hemihypertrophy
Familial adenomatous polyposis
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Glycogen storage disease type I
Galactosemia
Alpha-1 -antitrypsin deficiency ...
Although the exact cause of liver cancer is unknown, there are a number of genetic conditions that are associated with an increased risk for developing hepatoblastoma, including Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, hemihypertrophy, ...
Hemihypertrophy-one side of the body larger is than the other
Other genetic defects, including defects on chromosome 11.
Patients with these abnormalities should be regularly screened for Wilms' tumor during childhood.
Children with certain birth defects are more likely to develop Wilms' tumor. These birth defects include the absences of the irises of the eyes (aniridia) and excessive growth on one side of the body, called hemihypertrophy.
Symptoms ...
(aniridia) is a birth defect that is sometimes associated with Wilms tumor. Other birth defects linked to this type of kidney cancer include certain urinary tract problems and enlargement of one side of the body, a condition called hemihypertrophy.
treating head and face conditions) to determine if surgery may be required to decrease tongue size. Support may be needed to assist with feeding difficulties in infancy and speech development in childhood. Children with a significant hemihypertrophy ...
 See also: Hypertrophy, Cancer, Symptom, Kidney, Blastoma
  
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