In some children with ventricular septal defect, the defect will close on its own as the child grows. Medical Treatment If a larger ventricular septal defect is causing symptoms, your child's health care provider may prescribe medication.
Hepatic hydrothorax is defined as a significant pleural effusion (usually greater than 500 ml) in a cirrhotic patient, without an underlying pulmonary or cardiac disease.
Synonym(s): aortic body tumor, carotid body tumor, nonchromaffin paraganglioma. [chemo- + G. dektÄs, receiver, fr. dechomai, to receive, + -oma, tumor]. /cheÂ·moÂ·decÂ·toÂ·ma/ (-dek-toÂ´mah) any benign, chromaffin-negative tumor of the chemoreceptor system, e.g., a carotid body tumor or glomus jugulare tumor.