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• A to Z: Polymyositis

  Polymyositis is an uncommon disease that causes muscle weakness, pain, and inflammation. It usually affects adults.

• A to Z: Postoperative Infection

  Learn about postoperative infections, which are any kind of infections that occur following a surgical procedure.

• A to Z: Postoperative Pain

  Postoperative pain is pain or discomfort after surgery.

• A to Z: Pott’s Fracture

  Bimalleolar fracture, Pott’s fracture, medial malleolus, lateral malleolus, ankle, ankle fracture, broken ankle, tibia, fibula, shinbone, operative fixation, surgery, malleoli

• A to Z: Precocious Puberty

  Learn about hormonal disorders and conditions that can affect childhood sexual development.

• A to Z: Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET)

  Primitive neuroectodermal tumors, or PNETs, are tumors that can happen anywhere in the brain or spine.

• A to Z: Procidentia

  Learn about conditions that affect the rectum, anus, and digestive system.

• A to Z: Pseudotumor Cerebri

  See: Hypertension, Intracranial.

• A to Z: Pseudotumor Cerebri

  Learn about pseudotumor cerebri, a disorder in which the pressure is too high in the fluid that surrounds the brain.

• A to Z: Psychosis

  Learn about symptoms of mental illness and conditions that affect thinking and behavior.