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Sweet syndrome (SS), or acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis, [1] [2] is a skin disease characterized by the sudden onset of fever, an elevated white blood cell count, and tender, red, well-demarcated papules and plaques that show dense infiltrates by neutrophil granulocytes on histologic examination.
There are many diseases known to cause ocular or visual changes. Diabetes , for example, is the leading cause of new cases of blindness in those aged 20–74, with ocular manifestations such as diabetic retinopathy and macular edema affecting up to 80% of those who have had the disease for 15 years or more.
Sweet's syndrome-like dermatosis is a cutaneous condition associated with bowel disorders. [1] See also. Sweet's syndrome; List of cutaneous conditions; References
Many transcription factors for eye development are also involved in the morphogenesis of forebrain, which may explain why ONH is commonly a part of a syndrome involving brain malformations. [2] ONH impacts all ethnic groups, although in the United States, occurrence is lower in persons of Asian descent.
Ocular ischemic syndrome is the constellation of ocular signs and symptoms secondary to severe, chronic arterial hypoperfusion to the eye. [1] Amaurosis fugax is a form of acute vision loss caused by reduced blood flow to the eye; it may be a warning sign of an impending stroke, as both stroke and retinal artery occlusion can be caused by thromboembolism due to atherosclerosis elsewhere in the ...
Symptoms include stiff muscles in the torso, arms and legs and sensitivity to noise, touch and emotional distress. In December 2022, Dion revealed her diagnosis with a tearful video explaining why ...
Ocular albinism type 1 (OA1) is the most common type of ocular albinism, with a prevalence rate of 1:50,000. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is an inheritable classical Mendelian type X-linked recessive disorder wherein the retinal pigment epithelium lacks pigment while hair and skin appear normal.
Sonja Rasmussen, M.D., professor of genetic medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, explains how Down syndrome and mosaic Down syndrome differ. “Typically, we all have 46 ...