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Astigmatism: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Astigmatism - deviation from spherical curvature of the lens or eye

Refracting power
and clinical findings ... Astigmatism - ... different points of focus ... • Headache • Ocular ... #pathophysiology
Metformin Associated Lactic Acidosis (MALA) 

Pathophysiology of MALA
 - Metformin interferes with the activity of the
Acidosis (MALA) Pathophysiology ... presentation - Clinical ... - altered mental ... Toxicology #Diagnosis #Management
Lens dislocation - The lens is seen floating en face in the vitreous chamber. #Clinical #EM
#Clinical #EM #Ophth ... #POCUS #Ocular ... LensDislocation #ALiEM
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
pulmonary embolism Pathophysiology ... arteriopathy with • Medial ... Plexiform-lesion formation Clinical ... procedure: • Median ... Thromboendarterectomy #diagnosis #management
Globe rupture - irregular globe contour with collapsed anterior chamber. Echogenic material fills the vitreous chamber.
#Clinical #EM #Ophth ... #POCUS #Ocular ... #GlobeRupture #ALiEM
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Diagnosis and Management ... GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... malignancy Pathophysiology ... for adenoma • Medical ... Endocrinology #Treatment #Pathophysiology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... ulceration • Ocular ... Medium and large ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Diagnosis and Management ... poor nutrition Clinical ... mucocutaneous changes, ocular ... • Delusions Ocular ... #AscorbicAcid #Pathophysiology
The detached retina appears as a thick, hyperechoic band in the vitreous chamber, anchored posteriorly to
the optic disc #Clinical ... #Ophth #POCUS # ... Ocular #Retinal ... RetinalDetachment #ALiEM
Vitreous hemorrhage - area of hemorrhage is visible as faint echogenic material causing a heterogeneous appearance
#Clinical #Ophth ... #POCUS #Ocular ... Vitreous #Hemorrhage #ALiEM