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Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
cord resulting in rapid ... - Clinical Presentation ... Neurosarcoidosis - MCTD - Bechet ... Treatment: • ... #diagnosis #management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
: Inflammatory eye ... syndrome (Clinical ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
- Atypical Clinical ... Atypical Temporal: Rapid ... CNS inflammatory cause ... tears oint + TAPE eye ... #Treatment #Neurology
Chemical Eye Injury: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Exogenous chemical to the eye and/or adnexa
 • Ammonia, sodium
Pathogenesis and clinical ... Acidic injuries cause ... penetration beyond the cornea ... Alkali injuries cause ... #Ocular #opthalmology
Proptotic Eye found to have Abscess on POCUS (Endophthalmitis)

- Dr. J. Christian Fox https://twitter.com/jchristianfox

-- Editor Addition
Proptotic Eye found ... patient in this case ... appropriate w/u and treatment ... #POCUS #Clinical ... #Ophtalmology #
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... (Cornelia NEJM ... Treatment of GCA ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology ... Symptoms #Diagnosis #Management
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Diagnosis: • Dry eyes ... Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... salivary ducts Clinical ... neuropathy, transverse myelitis ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment
Relapsing Polychondritis

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

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
the most common clinical ... vessels (aorta) • Eyes ... Sarcoidosis • Behcet ... affected tissue Treatment ... rheumatology #diagnosis #management