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m-Power® Rare Pediatric Disease Database
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Primary Angiitis
PACNS, primary CNS vasculitis, Isolated CNS angiitis,
Granulomatous angiitis, benign angiopathy of
Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System (PACNS) is a very rare autoimmune condition, where the body’s immune system attacks arteries of the brain, causing inflammation. The inflammation leads to decreased blood flow to the brain or bleeding into the brain. The result is stroke-like injury. PACNS was first described in 1959 and is also known as primary CNS vasculitis, isolated angiitis of th...
Primary Lymphangiomatosis
Lymphangiomas
Primary lymphangiomatosis is an extremely rare disorder of the lymphatic system. The lymphatic system is found all throughout the body and in most organs. It is made up of blood vessels that function to carry lymph fluid (chyle) all over the body. When the lymphatic vessels become dilated or increase in number in a specific part of the body, this is called a lymphangioma. Primary lymphangiomatosis...
Progeria
Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome; HGPS; Premature Aging Syndrome; Progeria of Childhood; Hutchin
Progeria is an extremely rare genetic disease that results in rapid aging, beginning early in childhood. The aging process of progeria very closely resembles normal human aging except that it occurs in the very young. At an early age, the children affected by this disease develop many of the problems usually not seen till much later in life, such as atherosclerosis (clogging of the arteries), ba...
Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML)
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a demyelinating disease of the brain, that was first described as a clinical entity in 1958 by Astrom, Mancall, and Richardson. Nerves in the spinal cord and brain are covered in myelin that forms a protective sheath around the nerves. In PML, areas of the brain lose their myelin sheath that leaves these areas damaged and nonfunctional.
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Progressive Rubella Panencephalitis (PRP)
Progressive Rubella Panencephalitis (PRP) is a rare complication of having a rubella infection. Rubella infection can occur in the womb (congenital) or after birth (acquired). PRP represents a persistent and slowly progressive rubella infection of the central nervous system (the brain and the spinal cord) causing inflammation in the brain (panencephalitis) and progressive neurologic deterioration....