Medical Opthalmology Flashcards
Risk factors for infective keratitis
Poor contact lens hygeine
Swimming / showering in lenses
Sleeping in lenses
Does a corneal abrasion cause an infiltrate?
No
What is keratitis
Inflammation of the cornea
What is a hypopynon
Accumulation of white blood cells in the anterior chamber
Most common causes of hypopynon
Infective keratitis
Uveitis
Causes of keratitis
Trauma
Vitamin A deficieny
Chemical injury
Contact lenses
Infection
- bacterial
- fungal
- viral
- protozoal
Corenal dystrophy
Keratoconjunctivitis sicca (dry eye)
Presentation of corneal ulcer / keratitis
Severe eye pain
Epiphoria (watery eye)
Visual loss (more common in corneal abrasions)
Red eye
Foreign body sensation
Photophobia
Corneal oedema
+/- signs of anterior uveitis
- miosis
- aqueous flare (protein)
A PAINFUL, acute unilateral third nerve palsy should raise the immediate suspicison of what
PCA aneurysm
What is the saying for retrobulbar neuritis
The patient sees nothing and the doctor sees nothing
(the inflammation is behind the optic nerve head (i.e. retrobulbar) as opposed to optic neuritis, and therefore the optic nerve head or the optic disc appears normal)
Presentation of retrobulbar neuritis
Visual acuity reduced to a very variable degree
Relative afferent pupillary defect will be apparent during the “swinging flashlight test”
Colour vision reduced to a greater extent than might be predicted from visual acuity
Red desaturation
Visual field defects (typically a central scotoma) but defect can vary
What is red desaturation
When red looks more washed out to one eye than the other
Sensitive sign of optic nerve dysfunction
What can an episode of optic or retrobulbular neuritis contribute to a diagnosis of
MS
What is Holmes Adie pupil
Idopathic condition
Typically affects young women
Presents with an enlarged pupil that is poorly reactice to light and only sluggishly accomodates
Absent ankle jerks frequently assosiated
Consensual pupil reflex typically unaffected
What is parinaud syndrome
Lesion in the dorsal midbrainn
Causes a variety of signs
Mid dilated pupils
Upper lid retraction
Paralysis of upward gaze
Sight threatning causes of red eye
Acute glaucoma
Corneal laceration
Contact lens related ulcer
Corneal ulcer
Endopthalmitis (inflammation of vitroeus and aqueous fluids)
Intraocular foreign body
Trauma
Chemical injury
WHat is trichiasis
Eyelashes directed in towards the cornea
Conditions assosiated with anterior uveritis
UC
AS
HLA assosiation of anterior uveitis
HLA-B27
Presentation of anterior uveitis
Red
Painful
conjunctival injection
cells and flare in anterior chamber
photophobia
Ocular manifestations of marfans syndrome
Upward lens dislocation
Myopia
Keratoconus
Retinal detachment
Signs of optic nerve dysfunction
Reduced visual acuity
Loss of colour vision
Central scotoma
Optic disc swelling
Presentation of CRAO
Sudden, painless loss of vision
What does the retina look like in CRAO
Pale
Cherry red spot in the macula
Presentation of CRVO
Sudden, painless loss of vision
What does examination look like in CRVO
Swollen optic disc
Flame shaped haemorrhages
Dilated veins
Tortuoisty
Cotton wool spots
Fundoscopy of HTN retinopathy
Arteriolar narrowing
AV crossing
Nipping
Retinal flame haemorrhages and exudates