Traumatic Myxœdema: Lens Opacity

Protein oxidation and lens opacity in humans.

PURPOSE Oxidative damage to lens proteins is a major factor leading to cataract formation. It is of pathogenic importance to determine a threshold of protein oxidation over which opacification of the lens takes place. METHODS Sixty-two lenses extracted from patients affected by idiopathic senile, diabetic, or myopic cataract were studied. Clear lenses were obtained from subjects undergoing en...

Traumatic lens dislocation

BACKGROUND Point-of-care ultrasound has been widely used by clinicians, particularly those in emergency care settings. FINDINGS A 44-year-old male who sustained a blunt ocular trauma resulting in acute vision loss due to posterior dislocation of the crystalline lens identified by point-of-care ultrasound is described in the study. Point-of-care ultrasound with a high linear-array transducer w...

A Case of Myxœdema

noticed swelling of the legs, which graduall\T extended to the whole body. His speech became thick, and he found his memory getting weaker. State on admission.?Has a peculiar complexion, thick speech, and slow in movements. The whole body appears as if swollen. Hairs not affected. Bowels regular. Appetite good. All organs healthy. Sleeps with a very heavy snore. Urine flows freely. Sp. Gr. 1002...

Myxœdema with Ascites

Ascites has been noted occasionally in myxedema. Escamilla Lisser and Shephardson reported a case in 1935 and reviewed fifteen cases. Watson and others reported two cases in 1941. In other cases the clinical picture was like that of nephrosis, and response to thyroid therapy paralleled that first described by Epstein. Up to 1941, twenty-two well-established cases of myxcedema with ascites have ...

The Treatment of Myxœdema