GLOSSARY
| Polyartheritis | This is a necrotizing angiitis involving medium sized arteries, ending fatally due to coronary thrombosis, cerebral hemorrhage or gastrointestinal bleeding. | 
| Sjogren syndrome | This is a triad of conjuctivities sicca, dryness of the mouth, with or without salivary gland enlargement, and rheumatoid arthritis. | 
| Phacoanaphylaxis | Cataract surgery sometimes leads to intraocular inflammation caused by the autoimmune response to the lens protein. This is known as Phacoanaphylaxis. | 
| Thyrotoxicosis | “Long Acting Thyroid Stimulator” (LATS) is an Ig G antibody to the thyroid membrane antigen. Combination of LATS with the surface membrane of thyroid cells seems to stimulate excessive hormone secretion. |