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Disease of the cornea Flashcards

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What Is cornea

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The front transparent part of the globe that covers and protects the interna structures of the eye .

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Horizontal and vertical length of cornea?
It’s coverage of the front globe

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Vertical: 11mm
Horizontal: 12mm
Covers 1/6 of the front globe

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It’s function?

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It functions like a window that controls and focuses the entry of light into the eye.

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How much does it contribute to the eye’s total focusing power?

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65-75 %

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It’s blood vessel and innervation?

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It has no blood supply but highly innervated hence very sensitive

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Where does it get it’s nutrition from?

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tears and the aqueous humor (a watery fluid) in the anterior chamber provide the cornea with nutrients

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Layers of cornea

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  1. The epithelium
  2. Bowman’s layer
  3. The stroma,
  4. Descemet’s membrane
  5. The endothelium
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Disease if the cornea

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  1. Bacterial keratitis
  2. Herpes simplex eye d.
  3. Herpes zoster ophthalmic
  4. Fungal keratitis
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  1. Keratitis
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Inflammation of the cornea

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Infectionous causes of keratitis

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. Bacteria
. Virus
. Fungus
. Acanthamoeba

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Bacterial keratitis onset?

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a common sight threatening condition
Onset can be Rapid (explosive) or rarely Slow

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Risk factors of bacterial keratitis

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.Break in the barrier function
.Contact lens wear

.Trauma

.Contaminated ocular drugs

.Impaired defense mechanism

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Which bacterias exceptionally penetrate an intact corneal epithelium?

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. Nisseria gonorrhea
. Corynebacterium diphtheria
. Haemophilus aegyptius
. Listeria monocytogenes

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What is the etiology for b.keratitis?

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. S.aureus/ S.epidermidis/St.pneumonia

. Moraxella/Serratia/ P.aeruginosa
.
Mycobacteria/Anaerobes

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Clinical presentation?

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.Pain
.Redness
.Photophobia
.Reduced vision
.purulent eye discharge
.Corneal ulcer which has sharp demarcation with underling suppuration
.In Sever cases with pus in the anterior chamber(Hypopyon)

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Diagnosis

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.Clinical
.Identifying the causative agent by gram stain and culture

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Treatment

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.First with broad spectrum antibiotics for both gram positives and gram negatives
.Once the organism is identified with culture patient can be treated with monotherapy
.Route of administration : Topical/Sub conjunctival/Systemic

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Drugs of choice

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For gram positives:
• Vancomycin
•Bacitracin
•Cefuroxime

For gram negatives:
•
Tobramycin
•Gentamicin
•Amikacin

For monotherapy:

     •Ciprofloxacin
     •Levafloxacin
     •Ofloxacin     Corticosteroids:
     •Should be started once the organism is identified or once the patient has shown response to antibiotic therapy!
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Surgery

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●Penetrating keratoplasty(PK)

A full-thickness transplant procedure, in which a full-thickness resection of the patient’s cornea is followed by placement of a full-thickness donor corneal graft.
- Indication: Progressive disease despite antibiotic therapy
: Decematocele or Corneal perforation

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  1. Herpes simplex eye diseaseOccurance?
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•Herpes simplex virus infection is ubiquitous in human.
•Almost 100% of those older than 60 years of age harbor HSV in their trigeminal ganglion.
•60% of corneal ulcer in developing countries
•HSV Causes recurrent infection

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Types of HSV?

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HSV1- Orofacial & ocular infection HSV2 – Genital infection

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Route of transmission

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direct contact with infected lesion or secretion

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Primary lesion
.lesions
.epidemiology
.transmission
.symptom
.treatment

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• Lid Vesicles
Follicular conjunctivitis
Epithelial keratitis.
• Usually occurs in childhood (but not before 6 months of life because of Maternal antibodies)
• droplet
direct transmission (not freq)
• mild fever
Malaise
URTI
blepharities (usu mild and self limited)
Follicular conjunctivitis (usu mild and self limited)
• topical acyclovir ointment (if necessary)

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Recurrent ocular infection
. Mechanism
. Risk fa’

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• From reactivation of virus in latently infected sensory ganglion
•
In the past psychological stress, Systemic illness, sun light exposure are said to induce recurrence but currently are not proven to be risk factors for recurrence.
•
But patient with HIV are at increased risk of recurrence.

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Clinical manifestation

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.redness
.tearing
.photophobia
.decreased vision

.Belepharo conjunctivitis

.Epithelial keratities : Dendritic (linear branching ulcer with terminal bulb) or Geographic ( coalescence of dendritic ulcer)
.Decreased corneal sensation is highly suggestive of viral keratitis especially of herpetic origin

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Diagnosis

A

.clinical
.Viral Culture/Antigen &DNA Detection (rare)

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Treatment

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●Anti viral

Routes : Topical/Systemic
Drugs :Acyclovir
Trifloridine
Vidarabine
Valacyclovir

               Corticosteroids (are used for stromal keratities but are contraindicated in epithelial keratities with ulceration)  ●Prophilactic  treatment 
 ; needed for recurrent stromal hsv keratitis
     Acyclovir 400mg po bid long term ●Surgical treatment
    Penetrating keratoplasty  Indication _ visually significant corneal opacity or Corneal perforation
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Complications

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.corneal opacity and blindness
.Neurotrophic ulcer (which is a non healing ulcer)
.Cataract
.Super infection
.Glaucoma
.Iris atrophy

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Herpes zoster ophthalmicus
AKA
Shingels/ zoster

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Viral disease chx’d by a painful skin rash in one or more dermatome distributions of the 5th cranial nerve shared by the eye and orbit

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It’s mechanism

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occurs from reactivation of VZV infection

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Epidemiology

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self limited in children but sever in elderly or immunocompromized

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CLINICAL PRESENTATION

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.Blepharo conjunctivitis
.Epithelial keratities
.Stromal keratities

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Diagnosis

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Clinical

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Treatment

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●With systemic antiviral
Best if treatment is initiated with in 72 hrs of vesicular eruption : Famicyclovir
:Valacyclovir
:Acyclovir
High dose (Acyclovir 800mg 5x per day 10-14 days)

35
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Treatment of post herpetic neuralgia

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Amitriptyline ( 25mg po/day )

36
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Fungal keratitis

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•Less commen
•More difficult to diagnose and treat

37
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Risk factors

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Trauma with plant or vegetable material
Contact lens wear

Prolonged topical corticosteroid use
Corneal surgery

Chronic keratities( E.g HSK, HZVK)

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Clinical presentation

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F/B sesation
slow onset pain
visual reduction
(clinical signs are more sever than symptoms)
●Few inflammatory signs On the cornea
.Gray white infiltrates with irregular feathery or filamentous margin
.Occasionally multifocal or satellite infiltrates

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Etiology

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.Candidia
.Aspergillus
.Fusarium

40
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Diagnosis

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.Clinical
.Laboratory(KOH)

41
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Treatment

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mainly topical : Natamycine Amphotericin B/Miconazole
Adjunctive oral ketoconazole or fluconazole
Surgery
Penetrating keratoplasty for progressive disease despite antifungal therapy.

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