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ISNT rule

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Neuroretinal rim is usually thickest in the following order: inferior, superior, nasal, temporal

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Roy G. Biv

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From longest wavelengths to shortest

Red, Orange Yellow

Green

Blue, Indigo, Violet

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RAM GAP

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Red add minus

Green add plus for duochrome testing

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ICE

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Remember iridocorneal endothelial syndrome with:

  • Iris Nevus
  • Chandlers
  • Essential Iris atrophy
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Glaucoma + STUMPED

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For congenital cloudy corneas:

  • Sclerocornea
  • Trauma (tears from birth)
  • Ulcers
  • Metabolic Disorders
  • Peter’s Anomoly
  • Endothelial Dystrophy
  • Dermoids
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PIGMENT

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Causes of trabecular pigmentation

  • Pseudoexfoliation + Pigment dispersion
  • Iritis
  • Glaucoma (post angle closure)
  • Melanosis (oculodermal melanosis)
  • Endocrine (Addision’s, Diabetes)
  • Nevus (Cogan Reese Syndrome) + neoplasm
  • Trauma
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N and N Can Lyse Hole Skin

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  • Microorganisms that can penetrate epithelium without barrier defect.
  • Neiseria gonorrhea, Neiseria meningitidis, Corynbacterium diptheria, Listeria, Hemophillus influenza, Shigella
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Marylin Monroe Always Gets Her Men in L.A. County

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Stromal Dystorphies (3 of them)

  • Macular dystrophy
  • Mucopolysaccharide
  • Alcian Blue
  • Granular Dystrophy
  • Hylanine Material
  • Masson’s trichrome
  • Lattice Dystrophy
  • Amyloid
  • Congo Red
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Passing Tough Tests Mostly Means Late Cramming

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  • Ddx for chronic folliculosis

* Parinauds syndrome, Trachoma, Toxins, Molloskum, Morexella, Lyme, Chlamydia

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Adeno Hardly Ever Happens to Careful Nuns

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  • Ddx for acute follicular conjunctivitis

* Adeno virus, herpes, EBV, Hemorrhagic conjunctivitis, Chlamydia, Newcastles

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HAZE ETC

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  • Ddx for corneal dendrite

* HSV, Acanthomeba, Zoster, Epi defect, EBV, Thygesons, Tyrosinemia II CL overwear

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In Kenya Cogan Saw Two Laughing Hyenas Making LOve

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  • Ddx for interstial keratitis

* Interstial Keratitis, Cogan’s syndrome, Chlamydia, Syphilis, TB, Laughing, HSV/HZV, Measles, Leishmania, Onchocerca

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PHACES

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Posterior fossa malformation
Hemangioma 
Arterial malformations
Cardiac anomalies
Eye anomalies
Sternal anomalies
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MALE

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Vertical transposition of horizontal muscles in alphabet pattern deviations without OEAd or ODad
Medial towards
Apex
Lateral towards
Empty space
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PEPSI

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Ddx for angiod streaks

  • pseudoxanthoma elasticum
  • ehlers-danlos syndrome
  • pagets disease of bone
  • sickle cell disease
  • idiopathic (elderly)
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MAN oR GIRL

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Ddx for enlarged corneal nerves

  • Men IIb
  • Acanthomoeba
  • Neurofibromatosis

-Refsum disease

  • Glaucoma
  • Ichthyosis
  • Riley-day
  • Leprosy
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LARGe

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BIG3H (TGFb gene) associated corneal dystrophies are

  • Lattice (type 1 and 2)
  • Avelino (granular type 1 and 2)
  • Reis-Buckler/thiel-behnke
  • granular
  • ebmd (sometimes)
17
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MAS BAMPS

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Mewds
APMPPE (acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy)
Serpiginous choriodapthy

Birdshot choroidopathy
Azoor
Multifocal choroiditis and pan uveitis syndrome
Punctate inner choroidopathy
Subretinal Fibrosis and Uveitis syndrome
18
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To Find Small Ocular Melanomas Using Helpful Hints

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Thickness (greater than 3mm)
Fluid (SRF)
Symptoms (flashes, decreased va)
Orange pigment
Margins within 3 mm of ON
Ultrasound hollowness
Halo (absence of)
19
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Crystaline deposit patterns in Bietti vs Schnyder’s/Cystinosis

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Bietti crystaline retinopathy at the Border

Cystinosis/Schnyder’s are at the center

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T’s of Terrien’s

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Top (superior location)
Thinning of the cornea
Thirties (usually this age group)
Traverses (pannus traverses ulcer)
Transplant (crescent shaped lamellar if perforation)
22
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To Many Nits Can BE retinal crystals

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Drug causes of crystal retinopathy:
Tamoxifen
Methoxyflurane
Nitrofurantoin
Canthaxanthine
Bietti's retinopathy
Ethyl Glycol (anti-freeze)

Also Talc emboli

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MVP CIS

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Ddx for wet AMD (not complete but a good start)

Macroaneurysms
Viteliform detachments (e.g. adult vitelliform dystrophy)
Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy

Central serous
Inflammatory conditions
Small tumors (i.e. choroidal melanoma)

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CAR and MAR

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CAR (cancer associated Retinopathy)
Cones
And
Rods (not as much as cones though)

MAR (Melanoma associated retinopathy)
Melanoma
Affects
Rods

25
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Coward Cowboys Sometimes Can’t Handle A Bull

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Mnemonic for Bull’s Eye Maculopathy

Cone and cone/rod dystrophies
Central areolar choroidal dystrophy
Stargardt Disease
Chronic macular hole
Hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine
AMD
Bull's Eye maculopathy

Others:
Olivopontocerebellar atrophy
Ceroid lipofuscinosis

26
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What are the 5 mechanisms of convergence? FAT VP

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Fusion
Accommodation
Tonic

Volutional
Proximal

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