USMLE Step 1 - deep truths on opthal
deep truths on opthal
bingousmle - 11-19-08 13:34
A 40yr man gets injured, in a car accident, and damaging the right eye. He undergoes plastic repair of bone and soft tissues and an attempt is made to salvage the eye. A month later, he has decreased visual acuity in both eyes, with choroidal thickening seen on funduscopic examination. The right eye is enucleated and shows prominent CD4 lymphocyte and macrophage infiltration of the uvea.can you offer an explanation
bingousmle - 11-19-08 13:34
A 40yr man gets injured, in a car accident, and damaging the right eye. He undergoes plastic repair of bone and soft tissues and an attempt is made to salvage the eye. A month later, he has decreased visual acuity in both eyes, with choroidal thickening seen on funduscopic examination. The right eye is enucleated and shows prominent CD4 lymphocyte and macrophage infiltration of the uvea.can you offer an explanation
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Re: deep truths on opthal kingofhearts - 11-21-08 03:08 well i have not gone in depth on opthalmology so will need little time before i can get to answering this ...hope you can be a ittle patient with me ...
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Re: deep truths on opthal
bingousmle - 11-21-08 06:04 take your time doctor....
the patient developed sympathetic ophthalmia, a conditioned resulting due to the release of sequestered protein.
to see it in the lighter vein the second eye mourning for the loss of first!!
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