Opthalmology Flashcards
Uveitis
- Significance
Uvea significance
- Most vascular tissue in body
- Host of insults
- Autoimmune
- Infectious - Relationship to retina
- Supply
- Inflammation
Uvea
- Structure
Uvea
- Iris
- Cilliary body
- Chorea
Cilliary body
- Functions
- Inflammation
Cilliary body
- Functions
- Aqueous humour production
- Lens control
- Inflammation
3. Ciclitis/ intermediate uveitis
Uveitis
- Causes
Uveitis causes
- Unknown
- Autoimmune
- Infectious
- Traumatic
Uveitis classifications
Uveitis classifications
- Anterior
- Iritis - Intermediate
- Ciclitis - Posterior
- Choroiditis
Keratic precipitates
- Classes
Keratic precipitates
- Classes
- Granulomatous
- Non-granulomatous
Aqueous humour
- direction of currents
Aqueous humour
- direction of currents
- Convection to anterior
- Gravity to inferior
Anterior uveitis
- Symptoms
Anterior uveitis
- Symptoms
- Pain
- dull, orbital - Redness
- Vision
- Blurred/reduces - Flare
- floating leukocytes
Anterior chamber
- how to detect cells
Anterior chamber
- Detecting cells
- Dark room
- Thin beam of light
- Slit lamp - Cells seen
- Inflammatory exudate in aqueous
- usually 99% water - Beam seen (flare)
- Proteins in aqueous
Anterior uveitis
- signs
Anterior uveitis
- Posterior Synechiae
- Circumcorneal congestion
- Keratic precipitates
- Hypopyon
- Fibrin meniscus on lower iris
Intermediate uveitis
- Symptoms
Intermediate uveitis
- Symptoms
- Blurring of vision
- Floaters
Intermediate uveitis
- Signs
Intermediate uveitis
- Signs
- Cells in vitreous
- Snow balls
- Snow banking
- Sheathing of blood vessels
- Macular oedema
Macular oedema
Ix
Macular oedema ix
- OCT
Posterior uveitis
- Symptoms
Posterior uveitis
- Symptoms
- Blurring of vision
- Floaters
Posterior uveitis
- Signs
Posterior uveitis
- Signs
- Reduced acuity
- Light sensitivity
- Reduced colour vision
- Reduced vision in dark (nyctalopia)
CMV retinitis
- Significance
CMV retinitis
- Significance
- Immunosuppression
- HIV
- Transplant/chemo
Uveitis treatment
- Infectious Vs non infectious
Uveitis treatment
- Infectious Vs non infectious
- Treat both with steroid
- Scarring and inflammation is most significant factor - Treat with ABx first if infectious
Uveitis
- Ix
Uveitis
- Ix
- FBC U&E LFT
- Q Gold
- TB - Treponemal antibody
- Syphilis
Anterior uveitis
- Tx
Anterior uveitis
- Tx
- Topical steroids
- Subconjunctival steroids - Cycloplegics
Steroid eye drops
- ADRs
Steroid eye drops
- ADRs
- Glaucoma
- Gradual rise in pressure
- Insidious
- Irreversible - Cataracts
- Posteror sub-capsular
- Breadcrumb appearance
Intermediate and posterior uveitis
- Tx
Intermediate and posterior uveitis
- Tx
- Periocular steroids
- Intravitreal steroid implants
- Ozurdex
+Adjuncts - Pulse therapy
- Oral steroids
- Immunosuppression
- Better ADRs than steroids - Specific antimicrobial
Steroids
- Dangerous ADRs
Systemic steroids
- Dangerous ADRs
- Hyperglycaemia
- HTN
- Immunosuppression
- Osteoporosis
- Cushings
- Anxiety and irritability
Anterior Uveitis
- Complications
Anterior Uveitis
- Complications
- Posterior Synechiae
- Pupillary membrane
- Ocular hypertension
- Glaucoma - Hypotonia
- Cataract
- Cystoid macular oedema
Posterior uveitis
- Complications
Posterior uveitis
- Complications
- Retinal detachment
- Posterior Synechiae
- Scarring
- Glaucoma