Newsletter # 245, Mon, December 24, 2018
winter 2018 AMHE Newsletter december 24 Haitian Medical Association Abroad Association Medicale Haïtienne à l'Étranger Newsletter # 245 AMHE NEWSLETTER Editor in Chief: Maxime J-M Coles, MD Editorial Board: Rony Jean Mary, MD Reynald Altema, MD Technical Adviser: Jacques Arpin Chers lecteurs et lectrices de l’infolettre de la AMHE, In this number 2 - Words of the Editor, Maxime Coles,MD - Poème de Marlène Apollon - SAPHO Syndrome, Maxime Coles,MD - Poème de Dr Jean Serge Dorismond - Henry R Ford MD, MHA recently became Dean and Chief… - Dr. Brutus Maurice Dieudonne - La chronique de Rony Jean-Mary,M.D. - Sickle cell Clinic in Leogane - La chronique de Reynald Altéma,M.D. - Upcoming Events - AHDH’s Mission Report - Published on the AMHE Facebook page last two weeks - Outcomes of minority patients with very severe hypertension - And more... SAPHO Syndrome Maxime Coles MD SAPHO Syndrome (Acquired Hyperostosis 1987 by Chamot to describe this spectrum of Syndrome, Pustulosis, Hyperostosis and inflammatory bone disorder, often but not Osteomyelitis, Synovitis acne pustulosis always associated with dermatologic lesions. hyperostosis osteitis) is described as any Symptoms will vary from person to person. combination of Synovitis (inflammation of the People diagnosed with the disease may have joints), with acne, Pustulosis (thick yellow blisters different symptoms based on the human containing pus) often in the palms and soles, phenotype ontology (HPO). The information Hyperostosis (increase in bone substance) and collected is updated regularly with bone pain, Osteitis (inflammation of the bone). The cause of arthralgia, chest pain, cranio-fascial Sapho syndrome is unknown, but not fully osteosclerosis, Enthesitis (SC Joints).
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