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Features of a Sickle Cell Crisis 
Sickle-cell disease - an autosomal recessive blood disorder.
Characterized by red
Sickle-cell disease ... The underlying pathophysiology ... 2) Aplasia - Acute ... #Features #Signs ... #Symptoms
Acute Closed Angle Glaucoma: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
OPHTHALMIC EMERGENCY: Early detection is essential, but most patients
• The disease ... gradient bows iris ... damage & blindness Signs ... #ClosedAngle #Glaucoma ... #pathophysiology
Psoriatic Arthritis: Complications

 • Ocular - Inflammation of middle layer of the eye (the uvea, which
middle layer of the eye ... which includes the iris ... Cardiac - Valvular disease ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #Complications
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
worsening of that disease ... increase in CD4+ cells ... pericarditis, peritoneal disease ... weeks for most OI ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Pathogenesis and Joint diseases features
 • RA affects 1% of population, women >
Pathogenesis and Joint diseases ... • Plasma cells ... • Non-specific Acute-phase ... RheumatoidArthritis #RA #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Avascular Necrosis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Physical Trauma (esp. to the scaphoid bone with damage
- Sickle-cell disease ... (sickle crisis) ... affected) - Acute ... AvascularNecrosis #pathophysiology ... #symptoms
Ankylosing Spondylitis: Extra-articular Manifestations
 • Ocular - Inflammation of the iris, the anterior part of the
Inflammation of the iris ... visual acuity, eye ... - Inflammation acute ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... • Bilateral signs ... and/or symptoms ... Pleocytosis > 100 cells ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management