EXAM Flashcards
Risk factors for myopia:
Increased near work
Low light exposure
Low outside activity
Unbalanced diet
Genetics (0:10%, 1:20%, 2:40%)
Management for myopia:
Glasses/CLs
Orthokeratology (OrthoK)
Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK)
Laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK)
Daily atropine 0.125%
Myopia risk reductions:
Outdoor presence without base myopia(1h/week = 2% myopia loss)
Gaze breaks + longer working distance (decreased accomodative lag)
Myopia prevalence
Greater in females, greater in Asia 36-50% M/F 5-15 years
High myopia complications:
-6D:
Rhegamatogomous detachment
Macula degeneration (Myopic maculopathy)
Glaucoma
Cataract
Tilted disc
-20D:
Nerve damage
High hyperopia complications:
AAGC
Crowded ONH
Presbyopia (accomadative amplitude) with age:
10 AA~12D
40 AA<3D (presbyope)
50 AA~0D
Spherical change with age
0 = +2D
2 = +1D
40 = 0D
70 = 1D
80 = 0D
Lens protein changes with age
Post-translational crystallin: antioxidant decline (Glutathione enzyme loss) > denaturing > oxidation
Conformational changes: Oxidation > cross-links > aggregates
Loss of chaperone function: leads to loss of antioxidant capacity
Homeostatic factors in lens:
Ion transport (NA/K ATPase)
Water transport (Aquaporin 4)
Antioxidant (Glutathione)
Cataract formation factors/pathophysiology:
Oxidative damage (radicals/mitochondrial loss > less ATP > poor ion regulation)
Defence loss (less glutathione / ascorbic acid > less radical removal / O2 level change)
Metabolic / osmotic disturbance (cell stress reduces ATP > NaK ATPase / Ca ATPase disregulation > Na / Ca influx)
Calpain activation (Ca increase > calpain overactivation > crystallin proteolysis)
Post translational modification (UV/glycation > DNA damage/change)
Antioxidant loss leading to cataracts:
Loss of homeostasis in lens > Less antioxidant glutathione > ^Reactive O2 species from mitochondria > DNA damage > Defective crystalin protein formation > denatured crystalins scatter light
Cell repair:
alpha crystallin is chaperone to refold misfolded crystallins.
Misfolded proteins can be destroyed via Calpain (activated via Ca)
Transcription of stressed cells will decrease/end leading to apoptosis of damaged cells
Nuclear cataracts pathophysiology:
UV, Diabetes (glucose > glycation), Corticosteroids
Oxidation > ^ oxidised tryptophan (protein amino acid) > Chromophore production (milliard product) > chromophore cross links with crystallin > browning
Nuclear cataract on vision:
Myopic shift (RI change)
Blur
Tritan defect (blue light blocked)
Glare
Cortical cataract pathophysiology:
Metabolic disturbance, lens damage
NaK ATPase dysfunction > Na influx / overhydration > crystallin aggregation
Cortical cataracts on vision:
Loss of contrast
Astigmatism (localized RI change)
Nocturnal VA loss
Most common age related
Glare
PSC pathophysiology
Defective epithelium fiber production > defective cell migration to C1 > opacity formation
Age related PSC irreversible
Hypoglycaemia / corticosteroid induced PSC reversible
PSC on vision
Rapid development, vacuoles appear and disappear
VA loss
Contrast loss
Glare
Myopic shift
Cataract management
Surgery IOL implant:
Phacoemulsification: lens removed by ultrasound
IOL placed with lens capsule retained for internal barrier
Cataract surgery complications
Posterior capsular opacity: 2y post-op 1/2 Px epithelial cells proliferate over IOL, fixed by laser
Dislocated IOL
Rupture: leads to prolapse of vitreous into ant. chamber
IOP increase
Endophthalmitis (vit./aque. Inflammation from infection)
Cortex fragment remains (poor iol rotation for toric lenses)
Cataract progression without surgery:
AAGC (most common co-morbidity) from lens pressure on iris
morgagnian cataract (lens breaks)
DED definition:
Multifactorial disease of tears / ocular surface resulting in discomfort, visual disturbance, tear film instability, ocular surface damage. Accompanied by increased osmolarity of tear film and ocular surface inflammation
DED risk factors:
Age (>40 years)
Sex (^woman)
Race (^Asian)
CL wear
Environment (wind, pollution, humidity)
Screen use
Vit A deficiency
Surgery (Lasik)
Drugs (birth control)
Causes of ADDE:
Sjogren’s (primary/secondary)
lacrimal deficiency, lacrimal duct occlusion, reflex block, systemic drugs (antidepressants, birth control, pain killers), neurological (parkinsons)
Causes of EDE:
Most common
Intrinsic: meibomian oil def. lid def. low blink rate, drug action Accutane(acne medication)
Extrinsic: Vit A def. Topical drug preservatives, CL’s, ocular surface disease (allergies)
Sjrogren’s on dry eye
Autoimmune disorder against lacrimal gland (and salivary) decreasing secretion (ADDE) and slight MGD (EDE).
Occurs independently (primary), or with (secondary) disorder:
RA, systemic lupus/sclerosis
DED treatment severity level 1
Education of DED/diet
Local environment change
systemic drug elimination (caffiene/smoking)
Eye drops (lipid for MGD)
Lid hygiene/compress
DED treatment severity level 2:
Viscous eye drops (overnight lacrilube)
Tea tree oil for demodex
Punctual occlusion / moisture chamber
NSAID Diclofenar sodium 4/day
Short term topical corticosteroid Fluramethalone 4/day (month)
DED treatment severity level 3:
Oral secretagogue, serum drops, soft bandage/ridgid scleral CLs
DED treatment severity level 4:
Topical corticosteroid long term, membrane graft (damaged cornea), surgical punctal occlusion, surgical transplant/lid)
General vicious cycle
Hyperosmolarity > inflammation (proteases/cytokines) > goblet/epithelial damage > tear film instability > reduced TBUT > hyperosmolarity
Vicious cycle in depth
Loss of aqueous or evaporation > hyperosmolarity > epithelial irritation > Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation > inflammatory mediator release (IL-1/MMPs) > Matrix metalloproteinases damage epithelium / goblet cells > epitheliopathy (corneal epithelium loss) / tear instability > reduced TBUT > hyperosmolarity
Preservatives and their effect in dry eye
Benzalkonium chloride
Epithelial cell apoptosis, corneal nerve damage / poor wound healing, decrease tear film stabilit and decrease goblet cell density.
Liquid production of tear layer (glands/constitution)
Lipid - Meibomian in tarsal plate: cholesterols/esters
Aqueous - lacrimal gland (ion/water/protein): lysozyme (Amicrobial), IgA (immunoglobin)
Mucous - Goblet cells: MUC1/4/16 (membrane bound glue to glycocalyx to epithelium)
Aqueous layer content:
Mostly Water/ions
2%: lysozyme (antimicrobial), lactoferrin (immune), tear lipocalin (viscosity, viral inactivation), IgA
Lipid layer content:
Cholesterol, fatty acid, phospholipids
Mucin layer content
MUC 1/4/16 (membrane bound with galectin glue to glycolax mucin layer)
MUC5AC (forms gel instead of mucin strands > prevents scatter)
Conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma:
Malignant Extensive vascular fleshy growth.
Usually extending from limbus to fornix or cornea
SCC pathophysiology:
UV to epithelium > proliferation > mutation > atypical epithelial cells
Atypical cell proliferation > tumour formation (vascular)
BCC pathophysiology:
UV to stem cells > malignant proliferation
SCC opposed to BCC identification
Less common, more aggressive, high metastasis risk
Often with hyperkeratosis (cutaneous horn formation)
Arises from actinic keratoses
Erythematous (red)
Ulcers and bleeds
BCC opposed to SCC identification
More common, low metastasis risk
Superficial: Red patch
Nodular: white/pink nodule
Sclerosing: white patch
Ulcerative: pearly rolled edges with vessels and central ulceration
Squamous cell carcinoma treatment
Alcohol epitheliectomy (cornea), lamella scleroconjunctivecotomy (conj.), cryo (remaining bulbar components)
Usually wont spread globally unless immunocompromised
Mitomycin C / interferon prevent regression
Conjunctival Nevus:
Benign melanocytes in stroma. (10yo-30yo when notices)
Small elevated lesion, variable pigmentation, interpalpebral limbus.
<1% chance of formation to malignant melanoma
Primary aquired melanosis:
Melanocytes near basal epitheilum.
Brown pigment, scattered through conj. (usually Caucasian)
Atypia melanocytes =50% risk malignant melanoma
Conjunctival Malignant melanoma:
Commonly ~60yo from PAM, otherwise nevus/de novo.
Melanocytes penetrate conj. Stroma
Pigmented vascular elevation, anywhere on conj./cornea
Metastases to facial lymph, brain, lung, liver commonly
Non-malignant choroid/retina lesions:
Congentical hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium (CHRPE)
Choroidal naevi
Uveal melanoma:
Usually from separate tumour metastasis (Female breast cancer, or male lung cancer)
Otherwise malignant melanoma (from nevi 5%)
50% further metastasis (1/2 die in 8 months)
60% metastasise to liver (then lung 25%/bone/brain)
Uveal melanoma risk factors:
Light iris/skin colour
Choroidal nevi
(Asia) 45 - (europe/males) 60 yo
Cooks (cooking oil), welders (carcinogenic gas)
Iris nevi (5% malignancy), choroidal nevi (0.0005%)
Choroidal naevi likelihood to from malignancy
> 2mm depth
5 mm width (1.5 disk diameters)
Orange lipofuscin (fatty acid/lipid accumulation)
Irregular boarders
Serous RD
Uveal melanoma treatments:
Enucleation, or Radiotherapy:
Brachytherapy, iodine-125 plaque near lesion
Proton beam/steriotactic radiotherapy: (large/close to ON tumor)
Transpupilliary thermotherapy (heating via contact lens)
Causes of ptosis:
Disinsertion of LPS (most common)
Myasthenia gravis / Graves (muscular)
Horners (sympathetic)
CN3 palsy
Globe retraction / eyelid swelling
Fatigue/trauma
Disinsertion of LPS:
Lid dehiscence/aponeurotic ptosis
LPS tendon less from tarsal from rubbing, CLs, trauma/surgery
Low lid, high crease, normal range of motion
Myathenia gravis:
Autoimmune against acetylcholine receptors of striated muscle.
Fatigue, facial weakness, ptosis (LPS weak)/diplopia.
Cognan’s lid twitch (upper lid overshoot on upgaze)
Curtaining/enhanced ptosis (contralateral drooping/elevation)
Myathenia gravis testing
Ptosis worsening towards end of day
Ice pack decreases acetylcholinesterase function > increases Ach > decreased ptosis
Pseudoptosis
Ptosis appearance unrelated to lid function
Dermatochalasia most common
CN 7 facial palsy (brow muscle loss)
Causes of anisocoria:
15-30% Physiological (asymmetric inhibition of edinger-westphal)
Horners
CN3 palsy
Adies tonic pupil
Pharmacological
Pupil damage
Acute angle glaucoma
CN3 palsy:
Lesion to CN3, often unilateral
Ptosis, mydriasis (depending on cause), down and out turn, headache.
Aberrant regeneration > miosis
Third nerve eye innervation:
Oculomotor nerve has somatic voluntary, and automatic fibers
Somatic: LPS, SR/MR (adducts)/IR/IO (elevates when adducted)
Automatic: sphincter pupillae / ciliary
Parasympathetic pathway for iris:
Afferent: Optic nerve > split at chiasm > optic track > split before LGN > sup. Colliculus > pretectal nuclei (processed) > both edinger-westphal nuclei.
Efferent: Edinger-westphal nuclei > CN 3 > ciliary ganglion > with short ciliary nerves > iris sphincter
Sympathetic pathway for iris:
1st neuron: hypothalamus > spinal cord > ciliospinal centre of bulge and waller
2nd neuron: ciliospinal > stellate ganglion (lung apex) > superior cervical ganglion (jaw)
3rd neuron: superior cervical g. > internal carotid > cavernous sinus > SO fiss. > CN 5 V1 (nasociliary div. Of ophthalmic) > long ciliary nerves > iris dilator
Also innervate mullers / facial
Tonic pupil/ Adie’s
Post ganglionic parasympathetic denervation,
Poor light constriction, good convergence constriction
Worm like redilation/constriction from partial denervation
Initially dilated pupil, long term mitotic pupil (abberant nerve regeneration)
Mainly young women
Pharmacological drugs that effect pupil:
Mydriasis: Scopolamine (motion sickness), ipratropium (asthma), nasal spray, antiperspirant, jimson weed/herbals
Miosis: pilocarpine (IOP decrease/Glauc.), prostglandins (IOP decrease/glauc.), opioids, clondine (Glauc.), insectisides