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Ocular Manifestations of Systemic Disease Flashcards

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Inflammatory Eye Disease Sx

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Red eye
Dull ache
Photosensitivity
Intact corneal epithelium (no fluorescein staining)

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Inflammatory Eye Disease Management

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Ophtho referral for steroid management
Usually idiopathic - warrants rheumatological workshop
Management of complications (cataracts –> surgery, glaucoma –> drops and surgery, vitritis and epiretinal membranes –> surgery)

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Infant Anterior Uveitis

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TORCH infections, retinoblastoma

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Child Anterior Uveitis

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JIA, toxocariasis, toxoplasmosis

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Young adult Anterior Uveitis

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HLA-B27, Fuchs heterochromic iridocyclitis, pars plainitis, idiopathic endogenous infection

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Elderly Anterior Uveitis

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Lymphoma, serpiginous choroidopathy, vitiliginous choroiditis, ARN, post-op infection

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Female Anterior Uveitis

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JIA, SLE

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Male Anterior Uveitis

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Ankylosing Spondylitis, reactive arthritis

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Caucausian Anterior Uveitis

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HLA-B27, MS, white dot syndrome

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African American Anterior Uveitis

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Behcet disease

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Asian, Native American Anterior Uveitis

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VKH syndrome

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Inflammatory Anterior Disease

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Rheumatoid Arthritis
Wegener's Granulomatosis
p-ANCA vasculitides
Systemic Lupus Erythematosis
Sarcoidosis
HLB-B27 Disease--> More common in WI (psoriatic arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, reactive arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis)
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Inferior Corneal Melting/Rheumatoid Arthritis Management

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Amniotic membrane replacement
Lateral tarsorraphy v. shield @ all times
Doxycycline-collagenase inhibitor
Vitamin C 1000 mg/day
Suppress systemic immune-mediated inflammation (epithelium intact?–>prednisone drops 6x/day; might start w/ 60-80mg prednisone; Immunomodulator)

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Inflammatory Posterior Disease

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Rheumatoid arthritis
Granulomatosis w/ polyangitis (Wegener's)
p-ANCA vasculitis (churg-strauss)
Multiple Sclerosis
Sarcoidosis
Pars planitis
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Lupus Vasculitis

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Inflammatory Posterior Disease
Causes: Conjunctivitis, Cotton wool ischemic spots, Cerebral involvement

Develops over a couple of weeks

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Temporal Arteritis

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aka Giant Cell arteritis
Elevated ESR/CRP/platelets
Tx: High dose steroids, sometimes IV, temporal artery biopsy
Rare in people < 70yo.

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Optic Neuritis/MS

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Intermediate uveitis
Typically Female 20s-40s
Pain w/ eye movement
APD
Decreased color vision
Pulfrich effect
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Pulfrich effect

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W/ swinging pendulum, pt perceives lateral movement as depth movement around horizontal equator. Due to affected eye perceiving motion slower than unaffected eye, causing depth perception phenomenon

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Acute Thyroid Eye Disease

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Signs: Eyelid swelling, conjunctival chemosis
Sx: Pain, Double vision, vision loss, constricted visual fields, loss of color vision (fairly emergent)

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Chronic Thyroid Eye Disease

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Signs: Upper/lower lid retraction, Proptosis, Poor extra-ocular movements
Sx: Exposure and dryness, double vision

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Thyroid Eye Disease

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Orbit: Reduced Volume, orbital fat expansion
Muscles: Hypertrophy of EOC muscles
Lids: Retractor muscle hypertrophy similar to rectus muscles, Lids pulled back

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Thyroid Eye Disease Diagnosis/tests

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TSH/Free T4 levels
Maintain euthyroid state
Optic nerve assessment (pupils, color vision, visual fields)
Muscle assessment (EOM movements, Diplopia?)
Eyelids (measurement of retraction)

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Thyroid Eye Disease Treatment

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Lubricate cornea
Immunosuppression (Steroids, Rituxin, Radiation)
Surgery (Orbit, Muscles, Lids)

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Neuroblastoma

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Unilateral black eye, poptosis and no trauma/suspicion of trauma
Dx: CT-Maxi face, adrenal masses w/ abd US, CT abd for adrenal masses

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Eyelid and Orbital Lymphoma

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Low grade B-cell lymphoma from MALT
Orbit: Eylid mass, proptosis, 2/3 systemic
Conjunctiva: Salmon pinkish patch, 1/3 sytemic

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Eyelid and Orbital Lymphoma Mangement

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Systemic Work up
Biopsy
Systemic: Chemo
Local: Radiation

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Intra-Ocular Lymphoma

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Presentation: Chronic anterior uveitis, Posterior uveitis in elderly, Subretinal infiltrates
Management: Vitreous Biopsy, Brain imaging, Lumbar puncture, Local or systemic chemo (Methotrexate, rituximab)

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Metastasis

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Most common malignancy in eye
Breast (female) and lung (male) adenocarcinoma most common
Uvea or orbit
Poorly demarcated, multiple, bilateral

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Retinoblastoma

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Most common childhood eye cancer
Early Detection –> Eye sparing treatment
One eye w/o red reflex (large differential but consider retinoblastoma)
Related to retinoblastoma tumor suppressor gene

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Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus

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Caused by herpes zoster virus
Lesions on nose = Hutchinson’s Sign
Affect the entire eye (all corneal layers, anterior/posterior uveitis, retina and optic nerve)

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Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus Management

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Acyclovir, Valacyclovir

Refer in 3-5 days (or 1-2 days w/ pain/vision loss)

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Herpes Simplex Virus

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Dendritis keratitis
Stromal keratitis
Anterior uveitis
Poster uveitis

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Herpes Simplex Virus Management

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Acyclovir, Valacyclovir

Refer to ophtho

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Infectious Posterior Findings

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Toxoplasmosis
Syphilis
Tuberculosis
Lyme disease
Toxocariasis
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HIV/AIDS retinopathy

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Ocular complications in 75% patients
Retinal microangiopathy (cotton wool spots)
Opportunistic infxns (CMV, pneumocystis, Toxoplasmosis, HZO)
Tumors (Kaposi’s sarcoma, Large cell lymphoma)

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Infectious CMV Retinitis

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CD4 counts < 40
Often asymptomatic w/o pain
Starts in center or periphery but spreads (“brush-fire”)
50% progress to retinal detachment

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Infectius CMV Retinitis Tx

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Systemic IV granciclovir or foscarnet
Cidofovir
Intravitreal granciclovir or foscarnet

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Diabetic Retinopathy Risk Factors

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#1: Duration of diabetes (Type 1 - refer @ year 5, Type 2 - refer @ onset)
Blood sugar levels
BP
Hyperlipidemia/cholesterol
Pregnancy
Renal disease
Anemia
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DM Nonproliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (NPDR)

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Retinal hemorrhages
Hard exudates
Mild/Moderate/Severe

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DM Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

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Neovascularization
Vitreous hemorrhage
Tractional retinal detachment

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DM Macular Edema

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Can occur @ any stage

LEADING CAUSE OF BLINDNESS IN DIABETIC PATIENTS

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Mild/Moderate NPDR

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Vascular disease causing ischemia and attempted to angiogenesis
Yearly Dilated Fundus Exam (microaneurysms, hemorrhages, hard exudates, cotton wool spots)

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Severe NPDR

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Venous bleeding
Dark hemorrhages
Cotton-wool spots
Intraretinal microvascular abnormalities (IRMA)

Close follow up to watch for proliferative disease

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Diabetic Macular Edema

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Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) - Light waves (like US)
Fluorescein angiography: What’s leaking?
Intravitreal anti-VEGF therapy
Laser treatment (focal to leaking microaneurysms, grid to diffuse leakage)

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DM Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy Tx

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Pan-retinal photocoagulation (PRP)
Observation, Vitrectomy
Retinal attachment surgery

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Hypertension

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Can cause painless vision loss (acute onset macular edema, optic nerve damage)

Management: Refer pts w/ vision loss, Control BP

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Hypertensive Retinopathy

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Arterial changes (narrowing, copper wiring, silver wiring)
A/V crossing changes (90 degree angles, nicking)
Retinal hemorrhages
Retinal exudates (hard, macular star)
Papilledema

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Hypertension Macroaneurysms

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Unlucky.

Congenital small aneurysms rupture w/ HTN –> poor vision

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Ischemic Optic Neuropathy

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HTN can cause

Lead to long-term vision damage

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Central Retinal Arterial Occlusion (CRAO)

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Unilateral painless acute vision loss
Most common cause of cherry red spot
Etiology: atherosclerosis, emboli, vasculitis, coagulopathy, collagen vasc disease, migraine
IRRIVERSIBLE DAMAGE AFTER ~100 min.

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CRAO Tx

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ASA (tylenol)
Ocular massage
IOP reduction w/ acetazolamide
Anterior chamber paracentesis

Imaging: Carotid US, echo, MRI-brain

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Retinal Vein Occlusion (RVO)

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Sx: Blind spot in visual field, Loss of vision, Unilateral

Associated w/: Atherosclerosis, HTN, Diabetes, Age >50, Glaucoma

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Central Retinal Vein Occlusion

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Blood (Hemorrhage) and Thunder (Edema)

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RVO Tx

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Intravitreal anti-VEGF (avastin, lucentis, eylea)
Grid laser (resistant BRVO)
Intravitreal Steroid (Resistant CRVO)
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Marfan’s Syndrome

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Inherited
Bilateral lens subluxation (non-progressive, upward)
Glaucoma
Retinal detachment (secondary to lattice degeneration)
Flat cornea
Hypoplasia of dilators

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Down’s Syndrome

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Inherited
Cataracts
Acute keratoconus
Nasolacrimal duct obstruction-tearing
Blepharitis
Strabismus
Nystagmus (10%)
Iris Brushfield spots
High refractive errors (hyperopia >> myopia)
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Keratoconus

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Ass w/ eye rubbing as child
Corneal thinning (cone shape)

Tx: FDA approved cross-linking (stops progression), hard contact lens

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Phacomatoses-Neurofibromatosis

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Iris Lisch nodules
Plexiform neurofibromas of eyelid
Prominent corneal nerves
Glaucoma
Choroidal hamartomas
15% have low grade optic nerve astrocytoma (glioma)
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Myotonic Dystrophy

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long-term genetic disorder that affects muscle function
frontal balding, cognitive challenge, long face, open mouth, weak distal extremities, foot drop, CHRISTMAS TREE CATARACTS
Chromosome 19

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