Midterm 1 Flashcards
Phlyctenual Keratoconjuctivitis
AKA phlyctenulosis. A nodular inflammation of the peri-limbal tissue. Characterised by the formation of small pinkish circumscribed lesions affected the conjunctiva, limbus, or cornea.
What causes phlyctneular keratoconjunctivitis?
A nonspecific hypersensitive response to diverse antigens. Include staphylcoccus (number one cause in America), TB, and chlamydia.
what are phlyctenules made up of?
Inflammatory products like hisocytes, lymphocytes, plasma cells, and neutrophils. It is subepithelial. The epithelium overlying the phlyctenule is made up of mononuclear phagocytes and neutrophils
Who is phlyctenular keratoconjunctivits most common in?
More common in poor areas, women, and children and young adults. It occurs worldwide
Symptoms of phlyctenular keratoconjuctivitis on the conjunctiva?
Foreign body sensation, ocular discomfort, injection, itching, tearing, discharge (occasionally) Small, raised nodular lesion, pinkish, surrounded by dilated blood vessels. Size may be variable. Usually close to limbus but can occur anywhere on the bulbar conj within the interpalpebral aperture.
Symptoms of phlyctenular keratoconjuctivitis on the cornea?
Also have foreign body sensation, injection, itching, discharge, tearing, AND Pain, photophobia, ciliary spasm, tearing, blurry vision.
Types of phlyctenular keratoconjunctivitis on the conj?
- Within the interpalpebral aperture-when eye is open
2. limbal margin and onto bulbar conj.
How to treat phlyctenular keratoconjuctivitis
Self limiting-can go away by itself. Less symptomatic then the cornea.
Corneal lesions of phlyctenular keratoconjuctivitis
Begins at limbus and migrates onto the cornea. Wedge shaped, white mound at limbus with radial pattern of vascularization. Migrate towards center of cornea as a gray-white superficial ulcer (has a triangle leash of vasculerized pannus) Tend to occur in the inferior aspect of the eye near the lid margin.
Severe corneal lesion of phlyctenular keratoconjuctivitis may result in…
ulcers, scarring, vasculerization, perforation.
Different diagnosis of phlyctenular keratoconjunctivitis?
Inflammed pterygium, pinguecula, nodular episcleritis.
Durezol
Emulsion. Steroid drop. Less dosing but raises IOP by a ton
Lotemax
Steroid drop. Does not raise IOP as much as pred forte. Almost as strong but $$$$
Pred Forte
Steroid Drop
Tobradex
Has tobramyocin (AB) and Dexomethason (steroid) Cheap
Zylet
Has loteprednol (steroid that doesn’t raise IOP as much as dex) and tobramyocin. Very $$$$$$
Treatment for Phlyctenular Keratoconjuctivitis
TB must be ruled out, blepharitis needs to be treated if found.
Treat with topical steroids (Pred forte, durezol, lotemax). Cycloplege for discomfort If there is staining in cornea-limbal area use a combo drug (zylet, tobradex) But never more then 4 times per day. If staphylococcal disease is found then must do lid therapy. Use anti-inflammatory and antibacterial drugs (cyclosporine A). Can also use oral AB. If intestinal parasite, rosacea, chlamydia and HSV are suspected then treat entire system systemically.
Prognosis of phlyctenular keratoconjunctivits
Good if conj. or limbal is treated adequately. Potentially blinding if corneal and not treated correctly.
Exposure Keratopathy
Result from the eye drying due to neurological and or/ mechanical problems. Can be due to incomplete blink, lagophthalmos, ectropion, bell’s palsy, Grave’s Disease.
Objective findings in Exposure keratopathy
PEES (punctate epithelial erosion) in the interpalpebral or inferior cornea. Stains well with NaFl. Conj. injection. In severe causes micropannus, corneal scaring, corneal thinning, filamentary keratitis.
Managing Exposure Keratopathy
Lubrication therapies, mechanical therapies (eyelid taping, lid weights, plastic shields, bandage Cl), tarsorraphy (suture the nasal and temporal canthus shut or the whole eye.
Filamentary Keratitis AKA Corneal Mucous Plaques
Can be chronic, recurrent, and debilitating condition. Occurs on the cornea and is very painful. Small mucus staring that stick to the cornea on one side and are free on the other side. Each blink causes more strands to be pulled off. Aqueous deficient dry eyes can cause corneal irregularities and increased mucin which cause the strands to be built.
What are the strands in filamentary keratitis made of?
Degenerated epithelial cells and mucus. Strands of the filaments attach to the cornea at the apex. Appear as gray sub epithelial opacities. Stains well with rose bengal.
What causes filamentary keratitis?
Most common cause is dry eye syndrome. Also associated with sjogrens, superior limbic keratoconjunctibisis, recurrent corneal erosions, neurotrophic keratopathy, patching, adjacent to surgical wounds. Can be induced or exacerbated by CL wear, ocular surgical procedures, chronic use of ocular and/or systemic medications.
Subjective for filamentary keratitis.
Red eye, Pain (moderate to severe), Foreign body sensation, photophobia
Objective for filamentary keratitis
Mucus strands attached to the cornea, conj. injection, poor tear film, PEE
Treatment for Filamentary Keratitis
Lubrication, punctal occlusion, mucomyst (in inhalers. Smells like rotten eggs), filaments typically resolve in 1-4 days. Treat underlying condition. Debridement of the filament (apply topical anesthetic and remove filaments from their base) Topical steroids, Nsaids. Follow up in 1-4 weeks and if not improved use debridement again, bandage Cl. Lubrication must be used long term.
Thygeson’s Superficial Punctate Keratitis
A chronic, bilateral, recurrent corneal epithelial keratitis. Has exacerbations and remissions. Round conglomerates of distinct granular punctate epithelial lesions. Very small in size. Minimal to no conjunctival involvement (EYE is WHITE). No Stromal inflammation.
What causes Thygeson’s superficial punctate keratitis
Exact etiology is unknown. Most likely due to a typical immune process or an inflammation process. Has a genetic associated with HLA-DR3.
Background of Thygeson’s superficial punctate keratitis
Chronic course with exacerbations and remissions. Last year to decades. No gender predilection. No age predilection. Usually bilateral but can be unilateral. Does NOT respond to AB
Subjective thygeson’s superficial punctate keratitis
FB sensation, photophobia, blurry vision (if on center of cornea), Tearing, redness, dryness, Eye is usually white and quiet. Patient may be asymptomatic.
Objective thygeson’s superficial punctate keratitis
Multiple epithelial lesions that are gray-white, coarse, granular, raised, and vary in size. Epithelial lesions more numerous centrally. Variable straining with NaFl. Slightly raised. Lesions can move around and come and go. Have an average of 20 but vary from 1-50. Can also have sub epithelial opacities caused by edema. Corneal sensitivity may be reduced but never absent. During inactive stage lesions can disappear or appear as flat, gray, stellate shaped sub epithelial opacities that do not stain with NaFl. Some opacities are permanent.
How to manage mild cases of thygeson’s keratitis
Artificial tears, ointment qhs, counsel regarding chronic nature of disease.
How to manage moderate to severe cases of thygeson’s keratitis
Mild topical steroids (Pred mild, FML, Alrex). Cyclosporine A can be use that don’t respond to steroids. Therapeutic bandage CL to increase comfort.
Follow up with Thygeson’s Keratitis
Weekly during exacerbation, 3-6 months during remission. If on steroids IOP must be checked every 3 months. Visual prognosis is usually really good. Pt. Live to be productive.
Dysgenesis
You are born with this disease. Congenitial malformation. May have a hereditary pattern. May be isolated or as part of systemic pattern.
Dystrophy
Generally a hereditary pattern. Generally bilateral. Tend to be predispose the centrl cornea. May become more pronounced with age but age is not the primary cause
Degeneration
No developmental or hereditary pattern. Unilateral or bilateral. May be a manifestation of age. Usually starts in peripheral cornea and may ultimately involve the central cornea. Inflammatory process may be involved early in the process. Systemic disease may be associated with the degenerations.
Age related and Common Corneal Degenerations
Pinguecula, limble girdle of vogt, arcus, hassal-henle bodies, crocodile shagreen
Local and systemic conditions, less common Corneal degenerations
Pterygium, Amyloid degeneration, Band Keratopathy, Salzmann’s nodular, Terrien’s marginal, pellucid marginal
Arcus
Patients are normally asymptomatic. Very common. More common in African Americans. Bilateral white band in mid-periphery. Gradual onset (inferior and superior and then fills). Cholosterol/lipid deposition at Bowman’s. Often hereditary factors. Caused by hyperlipidemia/high cholesterol. Normally if over 40-50. If under 40 consider other factors (CV disease self or family, CV risk factors). Referral if under 40. Follow up annual if no risk factors
Limbal Girdle of Vogt
Usually nasal temporal. Patient is asymptomatic, 45+, and may be higher in women. It is a bilateral, narrow band of white crystalline like opacity in the nasal and temporal limbus area, caused by degeneration of collagen fibers and is not vascularized. There are two types…1. associated with early band keratopathy-see clear zne between limbus and opacity line 2. simply peripheral corneal finding-no clear zone. Do nothing for type 2 and treat band keratopathy for type 1.
Dellen
Patient will be asymptomatic and it can occur at any age. It is focal peripheral thinning near the limbus. Epithelium endothelium are okay but stroma has eroded. Surrounded tissue may be clear or hazy. Occurs due to poor wetting or next to conjunctival mass. Treat with lubrication and therapeutic SCL.
Hassall-Henle Bodies
Peripheral Guttata. Patient will be asymptomatic. Small round thickenings of descement’s membrane with overlying endothelial displacement in peripheral cornea. Normal chang with aging but may see with associated corneal edema. No treatment
Pellucid Marginal Degeneration
Usually asymptomatic until Vas decrease. Bilateral, inferior corneal thinning. Causes central cornea to bulge out above the thinning zone creating irregular ATR astigmatism. Looks like birds kissing. More common in early adults even though degeneration. Hydrops and scaring can occur with progression. Treat by correcting astigmatism with gas permeable CL, keratoplasty if necessary.
Terrien’s Marginal Degneration
Very rare but must worse then Pellucid (Terrien’s is a terror). Thining goes all around limbus and creeps toward pupil. Patient feels this and has decreased VA. Rare, any age, usually bilateral but asymmetric. Marginal stromal thinning, opacification, and superficial neovascularization. Begins as superior nasally marginal opacification (looks like arcs). Lucid zone between thinning and limbus. Central edge may have a yellow border of lipid. Distortion of cornea with irregular astigmatism. Minor trauma can cause rupture. Treat with steroids (comfort) and keratoplasty or LV as necessary.
Idiopathic Marginal Furrow degneration
Bilateral thinning seen in or adjacent to arcs. Epithelium is intact. No neovascularation. VA’s not normally affected.
Associated with Systemic Disease Marginal Furrow Degeneration
Ring ulcer seen with Acute Rheumatoid Arthritis, systemic lupus erythematous, leukemia, polyarteritis nodosa, TB. Treat the underlying systemic cause.
Mooren’s Ulcer
Very worse of thinning conditions. M more affected. Older pt=unilateral and responds to Tx. Younger pt=bilateral and difficult to manage. Painful with photophobia. Nigerian have severe form. Begins with marginal infiltrate–>chronic, serpiginous limbal ulceration. 3-12 moth course with remissions. Mild trauma can perforate globe. Has adjacent conj injections. Etiology is unclear. Responds poorly and steroids may speed up perforation. Refer to corneal specialist and conj. excision/corneal reconstruction.
Posterior Crocodile Shagreen
Asymptomatic. Bilateral. Small, gray polygonal crocodile skin patches of various sizes at descement’s membrane. No treatment.
Amyloid Degeneration
Degeneration in the area of Bowman’s and epithelium. Secondary to long standing disease. There is a fleshy mass with a nodular surface. Salmon to yellow white. Cornea may be vascularized. Treat by primary cause prevention, keratectomy, corneal transplant.
Coat’s white Ring
Caused by foreign body. Asymptomatic. Granualar whitish oval ring in the cornea. May contain iron. Though to be lipid in nature. No treatment.
Band Keratopathy
Asymptomatic early on but later stages have a decrease in VA. May have recurrent corneal erosions in late stages. Calcium deposits within the inerpalpebral fissure. White to yellow deposits at Bowman’s and anterior stroma. May be secondary to ocular inflammation or systemic diseases (chronic anterior uveitis, prolonged glaucoma, phthisis bulb, hypercalcemia condition: sarcoid, Vitamin D toxicity, hyperparathyroid, Metastic carcinoma of the bones, gout, lupus JRA). Treat the primary cause and ocular lubrication, chelating agents, scape off. Can grow back.
Bullous Keratopathy
Acute and painful. Caused by long term prolonged corneal edema. Bubbling of the cornea, break down and reform and will eventually scar. Treat with anti edema meds (steroids and sodium chloride), therapeutic CLs early on, Late stages that is poor prognosis. LV.
Salzmann’s Nodular Degeneration
Usually asymptomatic and may be more common in F. Non-inflammatory multiple bluish white nodules usually at the mid periphery. Bilateral. Vision depends on location. Related to previous inflammation (especially phlyctenular disease). Treatment: asymptomatic monitor 3-6 months, with epithelial break down therapeutic CLS, antibiotic, Keratoplasty, LV as necessary.
Xerophthalmia and Keratomalacia
Degneration of the cornea due to drying. Both related to vitamin A deficiency either by malnutrition or failure to absorb it. Treat with vitamin A supplement and ocular changes may reverse
Xerophthalmia
Keratinization of the epithelium. Atrophy of conjunctival goblet cells. Corneal edema. Neovascularization.
Keratomalacia
Acute corneal tissue liquefaction. Both may see Bitot’s spots.
Kruckenberg’s Spindle
Pigment deposition on the back of the cornea. From the iris and carried by the aqueous. Brownish in color and vertical spindle shaped pigment deposition on posterior cornea. Inferior 1/3 to 1/2. Suggests old uveitis or pigment dispersion syndrome.
Vortex Keratopathy
Greyish or golden epithelial deposits. Appear in a swirl pattern from a point below the pupil. Occur in patient with fairy disease and in patient being treated with amiodarone, hydroxycholorquine, indomethacin, tamoxifene.
Arlt’s Triangle
Brownish in color. Triangular shaped pigment at the 6 o’clock position in endothelium. Usually caused by old uveitis
Brawny Cornea
Brownish in color. Edematous haze in epithelium. Caused by EBMD(epethilal basement membrane drystoph), RCE
Ferry’s Ring
Orangish brown in color. Ferric deposition around a surgical filtration bleb. No pathological indication
Fleisher Ring
Orangish in color. Ferric deposition at the base of keratoconic cone. Indicates keratoconus
Goar’s Line
Brownish in color. Pigment granules forming a horizontal line on the inferior cornea. Inidicates pigmentary glaucoma.
Hemosiderosis
Reddish brown color. Blood staining the endothelium in the anterior chamber. Caused by hyphema or intracorneal bleeding.
Hudson-Stahli Line
Orangish brown in door. Deposition at Bowman’s. Area of upper and lower lid junction. More in males and ore come with age. Seen as a faint segmental or continuous line or a line with surrounding white opacity. A frequent site of RCE.
Kaiser-Fleischer Ring
Orangish in color. Posterior cornea-anterior angle. Best seen in gonioscopy. Copper deposition. Suggests wilson’s hepaticolenticular disease. Wilson’s disease is liver cirrhosis, basal ganglia degeneration, due to decreased ceruloplasmin with copper deposition into organs.
Keratic Precipitates
White or pigmented WBC in endo. Endothelial surface. Caused by trauma or uveitis.
Keratomelanocytosis
Pigmented spokes radiating out into the cornea from the limbus. Most in heavily pigmented ppl. Most frequent at 4 and 8 o’clock. Caused by truma, infection, focal toxic inflammation of staph.
Salmon Patch
Orangish in color. Discoloration of midstream (intersitial keratitis). Caused by syphilic keratitis. Has a haze due to scare and vascularization
Sampoalesi’s Line
Pigment granuels at Schwalbe’s line. Suggests pigmentary glaucoma
Stocker’s line
Orangish brown in color. Ferric deposition at pterygium leading edge.
ICE Syndrome (Iiridocorneal endothelial syndrome)
Typically unilateral and in F. Consists of three overlapping disorders with most mild at start (chandler syndrome, cogan-reese syndrome, progressive Iris Atrophy) The common link between the three forms in abnormal corneal endo. Endo. can proliferate and migrate into the angle and onto the iris. Migration causes glaucoma. Will see corectopia (malposition of the pupil), Pseduopolycoria (multiple pupils), iris atrophy. Corneal endo. abnormalities such as a hammered appearance and cornea edema.
Chandler Syndrome
Causes ICE. Severe corneal changes. Corneal Edema moderate to severe. Iris is normal or has mild atrophy. Normal to high IOP. Correctopia mild to sever. 5% glaucoma
Cogan-Reese Syndrome
Diffuse nevi, iris surface is matted looking, 50% have iris atrophy. Usually high IOP. Mild to moderate corneal edema. Moderate to severe correctopia. 50% glaucoma
Progressive Iris Atrophy
Severe iris changes. Iris stromal atrophy, iris hole formation. Pupil displacement towards area of synechiae. Usually high IOP, mild to moderate corneal edema, correctopia is moderate to severe. Glaucoma in 37%
Cornea Plana
Char. by a severe decrease in corneal curvature. Shallow anterior chamber. Usually associated with other anterior segment abnormalities.
Microcornea
Condition where the adult corneal diameter is
Megalocornea
Non-progressive, symmetric, inheritied condition. The adult cornea diameter is >13 mm. Usually X-linked recessive. M more frequently affected. High myopia and astigmatism. Must make sure they do not have congenital glaucoma.
Keratoglobus
Resembles megalocornea. Cornea is thin especially in the periphery. Sometimes classified with the dystrophies. Extremely rare. Presents bilateral. Must avoid trauma so a rupture does not occur.
Posterior Keratoconus
NOT related to anterior keratoconus. Indentation of the posterior cornea. Variable degrees of central stromal hazing. Anterior surface is normal. Acuity is usually near normal. Usually unilateral and non-progressive. Treat with a cornea transplant.
Peter’s Anomaly
Rare but serious developmental anomaly. Glaucoma in 50-70%. Can have micro cornea, micropthalmos, coloboma, iris dysgenesis. The lens sticks to the cornea. Congenital central corneal opacification. Peripheral cornea usually remains clear. Posterior stroma, descemet’s and endothelium is abnormal. Common to have iris strands attached to the opacity. Common to have keratolenticular apposition.
Posterior Embryotoxon
Anterior displacement of Schwalbe’s line. Ring may be partial or complete. Usually the greatest at 3-9 position. Can be seen with slit lamp but better with gonioscopy. Monitor IOP’s annually. Glaucoma risk is low if this is all that is present.
Axenfeld’s Anomaly or Syndrome
Posterior embryotoxin PLUS iris strands that run across AC attach to Schwalbe’s line. May see iris abnormalities. Prominent iris sphincter. Increased risk of glaucoma. Anomaly=IOPs normal Syndrome=Elevated IOPs
Rieger’s Anomaly or Syndrome
All of Axenfeld’s plus iris hypoplasia. Has corectopia (pupil distortion) and may see corneal defects of strabismus. Increased risk of glaucoma. Anomaly=involved only the eye
Syndrome=involves systemic findings as well. Primarily facial (hypoplasia esp. teeth)