Leukoplakia and erythroplakia, or the combined erythroleukoplakia, are types of lesions that appear in the mouth or throat. They may be white or red, and they can be flat or raised. Most don't cause ...

Liver lesions are abnormal growths on your liver. Most are noncancerous, or benign. Benign liver lesions don’t cause symptoms or require treatment unless they grow very large. Liver lesions are found ...

If you have upper motor neuron lesions, you have damage to certain nerve cells that help you move. Medicines and therapy can help control symptoms like muscle spasms and help you walk and talk more ...

When Jan Frodeno announced last Friday that he won't be in Kona this year due to an unusual post-bike crash complication called a Morel-Lavallee lesion, there were a couple of common responses. Of ...

MS is a condition in which the immune system attacks the protective covering of the nerves in your brain and spinal cord. These damaged areas are called lesions and are part of an MS diagnosis. Share ...

In my response to a related question, How Do I Differentiate Normal Aging of the Skin From Pathologic Conditions? I described some of the most common benign lesions that are encountered in geriatric ...

How can imaging biomarkers enhance our understanding of MS? Dr Anne Cross and Dr Matthew Brier examine MRI advancements that provide new insights into diagnosis, progression, and treatment.

These nine cases will test your ability to distinguish ringworm from infections that can cause similar eruptions. See how many diagnoses you get right. Even though tinea infection is a common cause ...

When trying to understand the health of long-past populations, sometimes you have to rely on nothing but the bones. Orbital lesions in a young child from the medieval site of Helgeandsholmen, ...

Health officials have confirmed three cases of a new, more dangerous strain of mpox in California, raising concerns about its ...

This image provided by the Alaska Department of Health shows several Alaskapox lesions. "A" is a lesion about 10 days after system onset and "B" is the same lesion two days later. "C" and "D" are ...