What are you looking for? Search Common searches: Departments, Hospitalisation, Professionals, Outpatient clinics, Health advice, Accreditations, Diseases, Diagnostic tests, Treatments, The birth of a child, Emergency, Visiting patients, Fulltext search Tipus de contingut Services and units Professionals Pathologies Health advices Health and wellness Diagnostic tests Treatments News Activities Centers - Any - Search Pathologies Neuroblastoma in children Neuroblastoma is one of the most common cancers in children under five, and makes up half of all cancers in babies. It is very unusual for this type of cancer to occur in older children or teenagers. Neuroblastoma starts in embryo cells made up of ganglia from the sympathetic nervous system Pathologies Hip dysplasia in teenagers and young adults Acetabular, or hip, dysplasia in teenagers and young adults is a malformation of the hip. It is characterised by loss of the concavity of the socket (shallow and flat) and the acetabular ceiling becoming vertical, being badly positioned and covering the head of the femur in a way that create Pathologies Partial atrioventricular septal defect This disease consists of a hole in the partition that separates the right and left chambers of the heart, and a malformation of the mitral valve. Pathologies Human papillomavirus (HPV) Human papillomavirus (HPV) is generally spread through sexual intercourse and mainly infects the skin (penis, vulva, anus) or mucous membranes (vagina, cervix and rectum) of the genitals in both men and women. Likewise, it can also appear in the mouth and the pharynx and tonsils. Pathologies Epidermolysis bullosa or “butterfly” skin Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) encompasses a range of genetic diseases characterised by excessive fragility of the skin and mucous membranes when subjected to minimal trauma. The disease appears at birth or during the first few years of life, and lasts a lifetime. Prognosis is variable, but tend Pathologies Patent ductus arteriosus The ductus arteriosus is a blood vessel connecting the aorta to the pulmonary artery. It spontaneously closes after birth in the majority of infants born at full term, and this is essential in order for the baby to survive. However, in premature babies, closure of the ductus arteriosus is of Pathologies Constipation Constipation is a disorder of the bowel habits characterised by emptying the bowels less often or hard stools that are difficult to expel. It affects women more than men, and in most cases there is pain or abdominal discomfort. This condition has very important repercussions on the patient’s pers Pathologies Ewing's sarcoma in children It is a cancer found in the bones and soft tissue. Ewing's sarcoma is the second most common cancer in children, and normally occurs between ten and twenty years old. It is also more common in males than in females. Ewing's sarcoma and primitive neuroectodermal tumours (PNET) are cancers enc Pathologies Sepsis Sepsis is a potentially fatal condition that occurs when the body responds to an infection and attacks its own tissue and organs. On some occasions it produces organic dysfunction (for example, hypertension), which produces an anomalous response to infection and translates into a very seriou Pathologies Hypoplastic left heart syndrome Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) encompasses a series of anomalies that all have a very small, or “hypoplastic”, left ventricle, which is incapable of pumping the required amount of blood to supply all the organs and tissue in the body. In this situation, the right ventricle keeps blood cir Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 259 Next page ››