Orbital Disease (Cale) Flashcards
thinnest wall in the orbit
medial
ophthalmoplegia
restriction of EOM
how can you test for ophthalmoplegia
forced ductions
clues to pathology
orbital pulsation (cavernous sinus fistula, defect in orbital roof transmitted via CSF), Bruit (carotid-cavernous fistula, carotid stenosis in CVA, A-V malformations, choroidal folds, disc edema, optic atrophy
Orbital septum
dense fibrous sheath acting as barrier between orbit and eyelid. Orignates from periosteum of superior and inferior orbital rims. Inserts into levator aponeurosis just above superior tarsal border and inferior lid retractors just below inferior tarsal border
Preseptal cellulitis
red, edematous lids, tender. No proptosis, chemosis, vision change, pupillary involvement, fever or EOM restriction. Staph aureous, strep pyogenes most common. Children H influenza
Causes for preseptal cellulits
laceration, insect bite. Infection spread from hordeolum, dacryocystitis, sinusitis, conjunctivitis or URI or middle ear
Management preseptal cellulitis
treatment (daily followup)
-afebrile, mild: oral antibiotic for 10 days. for child can use augmentin, cefaclor, bactrim. for adult can use augmentin, cefaclor, bactrim or moxifloxacin. Moderate to severe, febrile (no improvement)- hospital admission for IV antibiotics
orbital cellulitis
life-threatening infection of soft tissue behind orbital septum, children> adult. Spnemoniae, S. aureus, S pyogenes, H influenzae. Proptosis, pain, fever, malaise
complications of orbital cellulitis
meningitis, brain abscess, cavernous sinus thrombosis
orbital cellulitis emergency case
hospital admission, IV ceftazidime (vancomycin) and oral metronidazole (anaerobes)
differential Dx of acutely inflammed orbit
orbital cellulitis, fungal infection (mucormycosis), dacryocystitis, dacryoadenitis, vascular, neoplasm, thyroid eye disease, idopathic orbital inflammatory dz, myositis, collagen vascular dz or autoimmune, scleritis, conjunctivitis
Lacrimal gland disease
dacryoadenitits
dacryoadenitis
inflammatory w/ or w/o autoimmune dz, neoplastic (least common), biopsy is gold standard of diagnosis
inflammatory lacrimal gland disease
idiopathyc dacryoadenitits. autoimmune comorbidity frequent. acute or subacute with pain, erythema, dry eye,s welling, unilateral (80%)
autoimmunity- primary target of immune system in autoimmune disorders: sarcoid sjogren’s, wegener, IgG4-related older pt, painless swelling often bilateral
neoplastic
unilateral palpable mass, dystopia, proptosis, low incidence of pain, redness, lympocytic infiltration (elderly), pleomorphic adenoma (young mild), carcinoma (mid-aged with high mortality)
lymphocytic infiltration of lacrimal gland
can run from benign hyperplasia to malignant lymphoma (subconjunctival “salmon patch” extension
Infectious Dacryoadenitis
pain, erythema, edema lateral upper lid’s curve (kids), viral typically, bacterial rare
how to treat infectious dacryoadenitis
if mild and uncertain etiology follow daily with oral antibiotics, in kids with augmentin 20-40mg/kg/day, in adults augmentin 250-500mg po q8h.
If moderate to severe-hospitilize
viral infectious dacryoadenitis
most common epstein-barr virus, mumps, adenovirus, Hzoster, Hsimplex, rhinovirus, bilateral 40%, fever 25%