Angle Closure Glaucoma 7 Interesting Facts of Angle Closure Glaucoma Angle-closure glaucoma is a form of glaucoma caused by narrowing or closure of the ocular anterior chamber angle resulting in increased intraocular pressures Can be an acute process with more immediate signs and symptoms, or may be insidious, chronic, and asymptomatic Usually results in optic …
Angular Cheilitis Angular cheilitis refers to inflammation of one, or both, of the corners of the mouth resulting in erythema, fissuring, and exudate of the mouth angle. Most commonly, it represents an infectious etiology, as an opportunistic fungal or bacterial pathogen, and leads to a spectrum of varying severities. Synonyms Angular cheilosis Rhagades Commissural cheilitis …
Anorectal Fistula An anorectal fistula is an inflammatory tract with a secondary (external) opening in the perianal skin and a primary (internal) opening in the anal canal at the dentate line. Anorectal fistulae usually originate as a complication of a perianal abscess, which develops from an infected anal crypt gland. If that abscess ruptures and …
Anorectal Stricture Abnormal narrowing of the anal canal. Anorectal strictures can be classified based on severity and location Classification of Anorectal Stricture Adapted from Liberman H, Thorson AG: How I do it. Anal stenosis. Am J Surg 179:325-329, 2000. In Cameron JL, Cameron AM: Current surgical therapy, ed 12, Philadelphia, 2017, Elsevier. Severity Location Mild: Stricture present,but allows passage of …
Cancer Cachexia Anorexia-cachexia is a complex metabolic syndrome associated with underlying malignancy and is characterized by loss of appetite and ongoing loss of skeletal muscle mass, with or without loss of fat mass that can be partially, but not entirely, reversed by conventional nutritional support. Synonym Anorexia Cachexia Syndrome Associated with Malignancy Epidemiology & Demographics …
Anoxic Brain Injury Anoxic brain injury occurs when a decrease in either blood flow or oxygen causes cerebral ischemia. The inadequate delivery of nutrients and oxygen to cerebral tissue commonly reflects defects in either cardiac circulation or respiratory function, or defects in both. Synonyms Hypoxic-ischemic injury Anoxic encephalopathy Cerebral hypoxia Hypoxia of brain Perinatal or …
7 Interesting Facts of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury •The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of four major knee ligaments. •The ACL is the primary restraint to anterior translation of the tibia and provides rotational stability to the knee. •It originates on the medial lateral femoral condyle, runs obliquely, and inserts anterior to the center …