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Keratoconus: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Genetics
 • Family history of keratoconus
 • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
 • Down, Turner,
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Ehlers-Danlos syndrome ... Turner, Marfan syndromes ... rubbing • Atopic diseases ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology
Behcet's Syndrome - Treatment
Ulcers:
 • Treatment: Topical steroids
 • Prevention: Colchicine
 • Azathioprine for refractory disease
Arthritis:
Behcet's Syndrome ... lesions • Derm referral ... • Early ophtho referral ... #management #pharmacology ... #rheumatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
(Clinical Dx). ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #management ... #signs #symptoms ... #rheumatology #
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
symptoms/signs ... considered for urgent referral ... presence of metabolic syndrome ... alcohol-related liver disease ... non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Macrophage Activation Syndrome ... Clinical Presentation ... Fever is the main clinical ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #Rheumatology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... 95% of cases (Cornelia ... them, but urgent rheumatology ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology ... Symptoms #Diagnosis #Management
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Epidemiology: Female (75%), 18-50 years,
caucasian
 • Symptoms: Moderate visual
Diagnosis and Management ... Unilateral • Signs ... other auto-immune diseases ... #treatment #rheumatology ... #ophthalmology
Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin
Clinical Features ... Demyelinating syndromes ... pain (20%) Renal disease ... erythematosus #signs ... symptoms #diagnosis #rheumatology
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... and M panel Management ... : • Nephrotic syndrome ... (Epstein-Barr syndrome ... #diagnosis #management
Susac Syndrome - Clinical Triad
 - Central nervous system dysfunction
 - Branch retinal artery occlusion
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Susac Syndrome - ... Clinical Triad ... - Recurrent disease ... Triad #Diagnosis #Management ... #Rheumatology