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DIS - Posterior Uveitis I - Week 4 Flashcards

1
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Define posterior uveitis (4).

A

Inflammation posterior to the vitreous base

  • choroid
  • choroid and retina
  • vitreous
  • possible accompanying anterior uveitis
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What are the two classifications of posterior uveitis? How does this change the relevancy of chronic vs acute? Explain.

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Active vs resolved
Most posterior uveitis is chronic or slow moving
-acute vs chronic is less relevant

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3
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List the two main types of posterior uveitis by cause.

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Infectious

Distinct inflammatory disorders of uncertain aetiology

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List the four classifications of infectious posterior uveitis. Give at least three examples for each.

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Viral
-CMV, HSV, HZV, rubella
Bacterial
-syphilis, TB, strep/staph, lyme
Fungal
-candida, aspergilla, histoplasmosis, crptococcus
Parasitic
-toxoplsmosis, toxocara, onchocerciasis
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5
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Is diagnosis of posterior uveitis easy or difficult?

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Often difficult

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6
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List three ocular causes of unifocal chorioretinitis.

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Toxoplasmosis
Toxocara
Candida

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7
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List four ocular causses of diffuse chorioretinitis.

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CMV
ARN
PORN

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8
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What are the four aims of assessing a patient with posterior uveitis?

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Diagnose the ocular condition
Diagnose the systemic condition
Diagnose the cause of visual loss
Management - referral/treatment

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9
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What is the main role of optometry in posterior uveitis?

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Mainly detection and appropriate referral

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10
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What is intermediate uveitis? Is it generally acute or chronic?

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Pars planitis

-chronic

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11
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Does pars planitis have a common HLA error like other forms of uveitis?

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No

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12
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In what four ways does pars planitis differ from other forms of uveitis (aside from HLA)?

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Bilateral in 95%
Different inflammatory cells involved
Limited ciliary body inflammation
Few, if any, systemic associations

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13
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What are three possible systemic associations of pars planitis?

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MS
Sarcoidosis
Syphilis

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14
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List three symptoms of pars planitis. Note the most dominant first.

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Floaters
Blurred vision
Reduced VA
-if CMO is present

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15
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List three signs of pars planitis.

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Exudation in to the vitreous
-cells in the vitreous
Small gelatinous snowballs/cottonballs
Grey/white plaque snow banking

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16
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Where are small gelatinous snowballs/cottonballs generally seen in pars planitis?

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Inferior vitreous

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17
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Where is grey/white snow banking generally seen in pars planitis? What is it? What is needed to see it?

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Overlying inferior pars plana
Is a fibroglial membrane
Only seen with scleral depression
-unless very extensive

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18
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What kind of diagnosis is pars planitis?

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Diagnosis of exclusion

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19
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List at 7 differential diagnoses for pars planitis.

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Sarcoidosis
Lymphoma
Infectious posterior uveitis
Behcets disease
VKH
Exudative vitreoretinopathy
Retinoblastoma
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20
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List four labs tests often used for exclusion in pars planitis.

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ACE/chest Xray
CBC
FTA-ABS
Infection titres

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21
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What is the most common cause of infectious retinochoroiditis? What kind of organism is it?

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Toxoplasmosis gondii

-protozoan

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22
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How does toxoplasmosis initially enter humans?

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By crossing mucosal surfaces

-the gut

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23
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Which animal is the reservoir for toxoplasmosis and what is required for reproduction? How do they spread from this reservoir and in what form?

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The cat
Feline intenstinal mucosa needed for reproduction
Resistant oocysts shed in faeces

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24
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List 5 common ways that toxoplasmosis is contracted.

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Non-pasteurised milk
Transfusion/transplant
Poorly/partly cooked meat infected by cysts
Unwashed fruit
Cat faeces
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25
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describe congenital toxoplasmosis infections of the eye and the percentage risk of foetal infection. When is infection required for tis to occur? What type of foetal tissue is infected?

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Occurs in non-immunised pregnant women
-is trans-placental
40% risk of foetal infection if the mother is infected just before conception or during pregnancy
Likes foetal neural tissue

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List four foteal effects of congenital toxoplasmosis.

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Stillbirth/spontaneous abortion
Multiorgan disability
Asymptomatic offspring but neurological/ocular sequelae later in life

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27
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Is post-natal acquired toxoplasmosis common or rare?

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Rare allegedly

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28
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Note the two forms of toxoplasmosis gondii and whether or not they are infectious.

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Trophozoites
-infectious
Cysts/oocysts
-non-infectious

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29
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Are trophozoites responsible for acute or chronic disease?

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Acute

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30
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What are toxoplasmosis oocysts? Where do they concentrate (3) and what happens if they rupture?

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Cysts containing many trophozoites
Concentrate in heart, muscle, neural tissue (including retinal)
If ruptured, leads to inflammation

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31
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Describe how txoplasmosis is able to persist in a reservoir animal host (4).

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Survives stomach acids and invades gut wall
Cysts are impervious to host immune system/drugs
Bradyzoites live inside cells without killing or being killed by the host
Transmits to another host via faeces or when host is consumed by a predator
-cats eating rats, humans eating pork

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32
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When toxoplasmosis reaches the eye, what happens as the host immune system responds (3)? Is anything visible?

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Organism converts to cyst form
Resistant to immune system
Chronic latent infection
Nothing visible

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33
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When toxoplasmosis reaches the eye and the host immune system response, what happens if for some reason the immune system declines (3)?

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Cyst wall rupture, releasing organism
Fresh infection locus
Satellites with reactivation

34
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How does toxoplasmosis infections look once healed?

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A chorioretinal scar

35
Q

Is acquired post-natal toxoplasmosis generally self-limiting or require urgent treatment (4)? Explain.

A

Generally is benign, self-limiting, subclinical, and asymptomatic

36
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In individuals with symptoms, list 6 symptoms of acquired post-natal systemic toxoplasmosis.

A

Flu-like illness

  • lymphadenopathy
  • fever
  • malaise
  • myalgia
  • sore throat
  • papillo-macular rash
37
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List three individuals who generally show symptoms of acquired post-natal systemic toxoplasmosis (6).

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Adults without antibodies
-with cats
-farming
-unwashed vegetables
Pregnant women without antibodies
Immunocompromised
-HIV
38
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What does positive toxoplasmosis serology show? Will patients with other forms of uveitis be positive or negative?

A

Shows only previous exposure

Patients with other forms of uveitis will be positive

39
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What immunoglobin levels are elevated with acquired toxoplasmosis?

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High IgM

40
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What percentage of systemic toxoplasmosis infections cause ocular toxoplasmosis?

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1-3%

41
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Can the high incidence of toxoplasmosis infection in some countries (like Brazil) be explained by transplacental infection?

A

No

42
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What was found to be a cause of an acquired toxoplasmosis epidemic in southern India?

A

Contaminated drinking water

43
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What is the classical look of congenital ocular toxoplasmosis? What shape and colour does it have and where is it usually found?

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An atrophic scar
Round/oval with pigmented edge
Often at/near the macula

44
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List 8 features of active ocular toxoplasmosis.

A 
Satellite lesions near the scar
Cyst rupture
Fresh focus of necrotising retinochoroiditis
Vitreous
-cells/exudates
-damage
Retinal thickening
Cells in the anterior chamber
-mild anterior uveitis
Vasculitis with fresh infection
-frosted branch angiitis
45
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What is there a risk of with active ocular toxoplasmosis?

A

SRN

46
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Is congenital toxoplasmosis generally uni-or bilateral?

A

Can be bilateral

47
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Is acquired toxoplasmosis generally uni-or bilateral?

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Usually unilateral

48
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Where are lesions typically found in acuired toxoplasmosis?

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Distant from the fovea

49
Q

Is recurrence common or rare with toxoplasmosis?

A

Common

50
Q

How long does active ocular toxoplasmosis last?

A

1-2 months

-self-limiting

51
Q

List four indications for treatment/intervention of active ocular toxoplasmosis.

A 
Significant reduction in VA
Threat to macula
Intense inflammation
-marked vitritis
Large lesion
52
Q

What is the medical management of active ocular toxoplasmosis (3)? List in order and note drug names if applicable (2).

A

High dose antibiotics for 24h before any steroid
-clindamycin
-sulphonamide drugs + pyrimathamine
Oral steroids

53
Q

Are oral steroids ever given alone for treating active toxoplasmosis?

A

Never - risk of ARN

54
Q

What surgery is available for treating active toxoplasmosis (2) and when is it indicated? List two risks associated with these interventions.

A

Cryopexy/laser
-useful when drug therapy is contraindicated
Risk of vitreous contraction and epiretinal membranes

55
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What causes toxocariasis? What kind of organism is it? What is a reservoir animal?

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Infection by toxocara canis
-parasitic roundworm
Infects gut of dogs, especially puppies

56
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How do children typically get toxocariasis?

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Eating dirt

-geophagia

57
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What two organs are involves with systemic toxocariasis?

A

Liver and spleen

58
Q

List three systemic manifestations of toxocariasis.

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Fever
Pulmonary effects
-coughing, athsma-like attacks
Neurological symptoms
-convulsions, meningitis
59
Q

In what age are most cases of toxocariasis found (include percentage)?

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80% in <16 years

60
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What is the ocular manifestation of toxocariasis and where is it found (2)? What does it resemble and in what percentage of cases is it found?

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A granuloma resembling a retinoblastoma near the posterior pole in about 50% of cases
Can also be found in the periphery (causes dragged disc)

61
Q

List four features of a toxocariasis granuloma including colour, size, and elevation.

A

White elevated lesion
Variable size
Adacent exudate, haemorrhage, sensory RD
Well defined mass with healing

62
Q

List three ocular manifestations of toxocariasis aside from a granuloma. Explain why they occur if applicalbe (1).

A

Vitritis - severe
-immune response to dead worms
Peripheral retinitis/perivasculitis
Endophthalmitis

63
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Should you refer toxciariasis?

A

Yes

64
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How is toxocariasis treated (2)?

A

Steroids
Anti-helminthics
-thiabendazole/diethylcarbamazine

65
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What is sarcoidosis characterised by (4)?

A

Non-caseating granulomas

  • little or no necrosis
  • resolves completely or fibrosis
66
Q

What percentage of sarcoidosis cases involve the eye?

A

40%

67
Q

What often precedes systemic onset of sarcoidosis?

A

Uveitis

68
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Is sarcoidosis granulomatous or non-granulomatous?

A

Granulomatous

69
Q

Which is less common, posterior or anterior segment in sarcoidosis? Which is more visually disabling?

A

Posterior segment to both

70
Q

List 7 posterior ocular manifestations of sarcoidosis

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Vitritis
-clump of cells/protein resembling snowballs
Granuloma
Cystoid macular oedema
-chronic
Periphlebitis
-may resemble BVO
Peripheral neovascularisation
Candle wax exudates
Disc swelling/atrophy
71
Q

Describe candle wax exudates in posterior sarcoidosis.

A

Exudates dripping from sclerosed/white retinal vessels

72
Q

List a treatment option for sarcoidosis. Is spintaneous improvement common or rare?

A

Spontaneous improvement common
Corticosteroids
-low dose, long term

73
Q

What is the most common cause of VA loss in sarcoidosis?

A

Cystoid macular oedema

74
Q

List 3 ocular manifestations of behcets disease when it affects the posterior uvea. Is the visual prognosis good or poor with posterior uvea changes?

A 
Diffuse vascular leakage
Retinal vasculitis
-periphlebitis
Retinitis
Poor visual prognosis from posterior changes
75
Q

What is ocular histoplasmosis caused by? What kind of organism is it, where is it found (environment) and what country is it endemic to?

A

Histoplasma capsulatum
-fungus
Found in rivers and valleys worldwide
Endemic to mid-west USA

76
Q

In what age group is ocular histoplasmosis commonly found?

A

Middle aged people

77
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What is histoplasmosis primarily? What does it resemble?

A

A lung disease

-resembles TB

78
Q

Are there any visual symptoms of ocular histoplasmosis (2)?

A

No, unless the macula is involved

79
Q

What are the four main features of ocular histoplasmosis?

A 
Disseminated choroiditis
-punctate atrophic lesions
Macular lesions
-simulates CSR
Peripapillary atrophy
-with SRN
Complete absence of vitreous cells
80
Q

What is treatment of ocular histoplasmosis limited to? List three treatment options.

A

Limited to macular lesions

  • steroids
  • laser/surgical removal if SRN is present
  • antiVEGF

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