Definitions :

Worth Mentioning-Your doctor, this site and articles you read may use the words hemihypertrophy and hemihyperplasia interchangeably. When you do your research, you may want to search using both words. The technical difference between the two terms is as follows:

• Hemihypertrophy- is overgrowth caused by increased individual cell size.
• Hemihyperplasia- is overgrowth caused by an increase in the number of individual cells.

Hemi- An abbreviation often used to refer to Hemihypertrophy (Hemihyperplasia)

Hemihypertrophy (Hemihyperplasia) - The enlargement of one side of the body or part of the body.
  (Source: Healthline.com)

Isolated Hemihypertrophy (Hemihyperplasia) - Is much like Idiopathic Hemihypertrophy which does not occur as part of another syndrome.  (Source: The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia)

Idiopathy-(Source: The American Heritage Dictionary Fourth Edition, 2001 Houghton Mifflin Co.)

Idiopathic Hemihypertrophy-Although the cause is considered from an unknown source, it still is classified as a, “congenital overgrowth syndrome associated with an increased risk of embryonal cancers in childhood.”  (Source: Am J Hum Genet. 2005 November; 77(5): 887–891. Published online 2005 October 3.)

Simple Hemihypertrophy- Hemihypertrophy affecting only a specific part of the body, such as one toe.   (Source: Healthline.com)

Complex Hemihypertrophy (Total Hemihypertrophy) Hemihypertrophy which involves an entire half of the body.(Source: Healthline.com)

Crossed Hemihypertrophy-  Hemihypertrophy which involves both sides of the body.(Source: Healthline.com)

Hemifacial Hyperplasia- Overgrowth of one half of the face (Source: Healthline.com)

LLD- Leg Length Discrepancy

Lift-  Shoe lifts are devices used to raise the shorter leg to the height of the longer leg.  Lifts are usually built into the outside of the shoe, but some lifts can go inside the shoe. 

Scoliosis- Abnormal lateral curvature of the spine (Source: The American Heritage Dictionary Fourth Edition, 2001 Houghton Mifflin Co.)

AFP- Abbreviation for alpha-fetal protein  (Source: Beckwith-Weidemann Syndrome.Org)

Edema- An excessive accumulation off serous fluid in tissues (Source: The American Heritage Dictionary
Fourth Edition, 2001 Houghton Mifflin Co.)

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