Cornea Flashcards
Name 3 stains for amyloid?
Congo red, thioflavin T, crystal violet
Name of Iron line at head of pterygium?
Stocker’s line
Does pterygium usually cause ATR or WTR? Astigmatism?
Usually WTR (flattens in meridian of pterygium/horizontal)
What causes adenochrome deposits?
topical epinephrine is metabolized to melanin
How large is a giant papillae?
>1.0mm
What type of hypersensitivity is AKC? What age?
Type IV > Type I, onset 30-50yo
What type of cataract is associated with AKC?
Subcapsular Maltese Cross
What systemic disease is associated with SLK?
Thyroid disease
Imagine patient with SLK, What are typical exam findings of SLK?
Velvety papillary hypertrophy, with superior cornela and conjunctival punctate staining, micropannus, redundant superior conj, +/- filamentary keratitis
What is treatment for SLK?
Steroids of little use; usually requires conj scarring (cautery or silver nitrate) or recession/resection of superior conj; can try large diameter CL
Is parinaud’s oculoglandular syndrome papillary or follicular conjunctivitis?
Follicular
Most common eye finding in Reactive arthritis?
COnjunctivitis (30%)
Common bugs for Reactive Arthritis?
Chlamydia, Shigella, Salmonella
What is the lining of inclusion cyst?
normal epithelium (non-keratinized stratified squamous)
Treatment for squamous conj papilloma?
Excisional biopsy with cryotherapy
Most common malignant epithelial tumor of conj?
SCC
Width of margin for conj SCC?
4mm
Path buzzword for SCC?
Keratin pearls
% of conj nevi that are amelanotic?
20-30%
Location of junctional nevus?
confined to epithelial/subepithelial junction (anterior to basement membrane)
Location of compound nevus?
cells in epithelial and subjepithelial locations
Which nevus type is most common?
Compound nevus
Cause of PAM (cellular level)?
Proliferation of intraepithelial melanocytes
Causes of secondary acquired conj melanosis (4)?
Addision’s, radiation, pregnancy, topical epinephrine
Stains for conj melanoma (2)?
S-100 and HMB-45
SCC or melanoma more likely to invade sclera?
melanoma
melanoma thickness with increased risk of mets?
2mm
Better prognosis with cutaneous or conj melanoma?
Conj melanoma
What is path for cavernous hemangioma?
endothelial lined canals with RBCs
Most common conj location for lymphoid tumors?
Fornix
What percent of conj lymphoid tumor associated with systemic disease?
20%
which medium is used for Immunofluorescent stain?
Michel’s medium
Pathology for fibrous histiocytoma?
Storiform pattern?
What does BHID stand for?
Benign hereditary intraepithelial Dyskeratosis
What is BHID inheritance>
AD
Where is BHID found?
Halifax County, NC with Haliwa Indians
What is BHID presentation
Itching, burning, photophobia in 1st decade of life with bilateral dyskeratotoic lesions (plaques with gelatinous base and keratinized surface) on bulbar conj
where is oncotytoma commonly found?
Caruncle
why do alkali burns penetrate deeply?
Alkalis saponifies fat
which alkali is associated with Firework injuries?
MgOH
normal tear meniscus in mm?
0.5mm
normal TBUT?
10sec
normal Tear Osmolality?
<311mosm
Normal Phenol red thread test?
>9mm in 15 seconds
What is Mikulicz syndrome?
Lacrimal and parotid gland swelling and dry eye from sarcoid, TB, lymphoma or leukemia
What is Heerfordt syndrome?
CN7 palsy, parotid gland enlargment, fever and uveitis from sarcoid
How do you measure the number of goblet cells?
impression cytology
What topical drops are associated with OCP?
Pilocarpine, Phospholine iodide, timolol, epinephrine, idoxuridine
What is pathology of OCP?
IgA in conj basement membrane zone with antigen-antibodies below epidemis; occurs at level of BM
Most common cause of bilateral interstitial keratitis?
syphilis (congenital)
WHat is Cogan syndrome?
vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss, interstitial keratitis (also conjunctivitis, iritis, scleritis, episcleritis
Differential for Cornea and vestibuloauditory symptoms?
Cogan, Syphilis, PAN, Wegeners, Sarcoid, VKH, Sympathetic ophthalmiaa, cerebellopontine angle tumore
Treatment of Cogan syndrome?
Systemic steroids
Thygeson’s HLA type?
DR3
Natural course ofThygeson without treatment?
1-2months then with recurrences in as little as 2 months
What are filaments made of?
Mucus and desquamated epithelial cells adherent to cornea at one in
Treatment of filaments?
Mucomyst, lubricatione, removal, BCL
what is limbal girdle of vogt?
small, white, fleck and needle deposits at temporal and nasal limbus
What causes salzmann’s nodules?
chronic inflammation (old phlyctenulosis, trachoma, staph hypersensitivity, IK)
What is pathology of Salzmann’s nodules?
replacement of Bowman’s membrane by hyaline and fibrillar material
Spheroidal degeneration types?
1- peripheral cornea/horizonal meridian, 2- other cornea pathology/involves center, 3- Involve conj also
What are Cornea Farinata?
Tiny, dot- and comma shaped flour like” deep stromal opacities with lipofuscin (an AD involutional change)
What is Hassall-Henle Body?
Gutatta in Periphery, normal with age
When does Coat’s white ring occur?
Following metallic foreign body
Dyslipoproteinemias are associated with which chromosome?
16
What is Tangier’s disease?
AR, HDL deficiency, relapsing polyneuropathy, small deep stromal opacities
Alkaptonuria Chromosome/inheritance pattern?
AR, Chr 3
Tyrosinemia enzyme deficit/inheritance/chromosome?
Tyrosine aminotransferase, Chr 16, AR;
Tyrosenemia findings?
corneal dendrites, retardation, skin lesions