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Xeropthalmia: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations

Decr Visual pigment -> Keratinization, thickening & non-wetting of the conjunctiva
production -> Corneal ... conjunctiva and cornea ... blindness) • Corneal ... dryness of the cornea ... #symptoms
Keratoconus: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Genetics
 • Family history of keratoconus
 • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
 • Down, Turner,
Bilateral, asymmetric corneal ... degeneration, and cone-shaped ... / Symptoms / Complications ... • Corneal Opacities ... #Keratoconus #pathophysiology
Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
Proptosis -> Exposes cornea ... -> Corneal drying ... Orbital #Cellulitis #pathophysiology ... ophthalmology #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms
Principal features of Destructive and Irritative cortical lesions in right-handed individual

#Cortical #Cortex #Lesions #Features #Signs #Symptoms
#Cortical #Cortex ... Lesions #Features #Signs ... #Symptoms #Brain
Bell's palsy
There are many different causes of Facial Nerve Palsy. However, the commonest
cause of unilateral facial
Hyperacusis - Loss of Corneal ... Palsy #Neurology #Signs ... #Symptoms #Diagnosis
Kayser-Fleisher´s ring (anillo de Kayser- Fleisher)
ring around the cornea .Copper deposit in  Desemet membrane (Wilson
ring around the cornea ... .Copper deposit ... Wilson disease) #PhysicalExam ... ring #clinical #physicalexam ... #photo #sign
Intact Corneomandibular (Wartenberg) Reflex

Patient with pontine hemorrhage without impaired consciousness - Left corneal stimulation triggers contralateral
consciousness - Left corneal ... deviation produced by corneal ... emphasize that this sign ... #Corneal #Corneomandibular ... Reflex #Intact #PhysicalExam
Schizophrenia: Pathogenesis and Symptoms
Increased dopaminergic transmission in mesolimbic projection
-> Dopaminergic neurons here project into the limbic
Pathogenesis and Symptoms ... cause the Positive Symptoms ... into the cerebral cortex ... Schizophrenia #pathophysiology ... #signs #psychiatry
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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papilledema • Horner ... • Meningeal signs ... ) • Systemic symptoms ... and signs (e.g.
Acute Rheumatic Fever: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Delayed autoimmune reaction
-> Molecular mimicry
-> GAS antigen cross-reacts with host
->
-> Sydenham's Chorea ... RheumaticFever #pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #complications