Sentences with phrase «treat abnormal tissue»

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The device can treat either form of age - related macular degeneration: the dry stage, where the delicate tissues of the macula become thinned and slowly lose function, or the less common wet stage that's caused by the growth of abnormal blood vessels behind the macula.

A more expensive injection form of the drug was discovered by Kopchick a decade ago, and it has since been approved by the FDA to treat individuals with acromegaly, a condition in which there is too much growth hormone in adults, resulting in abnormal growth of body tissues, especially hands, feet, and face.

However, surgery alone is rarely effective to treat nasal adenocarcinoma, because it is virtually impossible to surgically resect all abnormal tissue in the small, confined spaces of the nasal cavities.

Cats with this problem are best treated with radioactive iodine to destroy abnormal thyroid tissue but they can also be managed with a medication called methimazole (Tapazole).