6 results
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
affecting the brain, eye ... diagnosis and treatment ... polychondritis • Behcet ... optica spectrum disorder ... #inflammatory #differential
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
: Inflammatory eye ... Genital ulcers • Eye ... disease) Differential ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... #management #signs
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Diagnosis and Management ... Delusions Ocular: • Eye ... nonimmune hemolysis MSK ... vasculitis Treatment ... #AscorbicAcid #Pathophysiology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
an autoimmune disorder ... thyroid, Sjogren syndrome ... life-threatening Differential ... immunologic assay - MuSK ... Gravis #diagnosis #management
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... Neurosarcoidosis - MCTD - Bechet ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #differential
Relapsing Polychondritis

What is it?
Recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body (Autoimmune disorder)

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
body (Autoimmune disorder ... vessels (aorta) • Eyes ... Sarcoidosis • Behcet ... affected tissue Treatment ... rheumatology #diagnosis #management