Peds Flashcards
What are racoon eyes a sign of?
Neuroblastoma
What cells is neuroblastoma derived from?
Precursor cells for the sympathetic pathway. Therefore it excretes catacholamines
Congenital horners should raise suspicion for
Neuroblastoma bc it messes w the sympathetic pathway
Check urine catacholamines
Symp dilates
Therefore miosis
What do eyes look like in primary position in browns syndrome?
hypotropia of effected eye
Stumped
Sclerocornea Trauma (foreceps) Ulcer Mucopoly Peters Endothel dystrophy (ched 2 AR cloudy from birth) Dermoid
on eom in browns what do you see
unable to elevate when adducted improves upon abduction
how do you treat duanes surgically?
recess the (tight) medial rectus of effected eye
how do you surgicaly treat upshoots and downshoots in duanes?
Y split of lateral rectus of effected muscle
objects that fall on the horopter stimulate what?
corresponding retinal points
whats kassebach-merrit syndrome
in capillary hemangioma there may be plt sequestration causing thrombocytopenia. so check cbc in kid w cap hemangioma
diplopia in XT is crossed or uncrossed?
crossed (stimulates temporal retinas)
diplopia in ET is crossed or uncrossed?
uncrossed (stimulates nasal retinas)
is w4d more dissociating w lights on or off?
off
if the eye is turned in, on what part of the retina does the image fall?
nasal
pts w monofixation will fuse w4d at near or distance?
4 lights at near, 2 lights at distance
who gets monofixation syndrome?
post-op congenital ET who has small residual ET
whats the most “dissociating test” that you can use to test for arc? (most dissociative means least like an everyday binocular use of eyes
afterimage test (tests each eye individually and tags the fovea w vertical line in one eye and horizontal line in the other)
if you give an after image test and you see an X what does that mean
you have NRC
order these tests from most dissociative to least
red glass, bagolini, after image, amblyoscope, w4d
afterimage- most w4d red glass amblyoscope bagolini- least
How many layers are there in the LGN?
6
if pt has a strong fixation preference and cannot hold fixation with one of their eyes what does it mean about that eye?
it is amblyopic
whats the type of ambly with congenital ptosis?
aniso ambly 2/2 astigmatism
how many seconds of stereo is perfect stereo?
40 sec
how do you deternine when to operate on someone with X(T)? based on pd?
no, its all based on whether they can control the X(T) or not. Not how big it is
why would you give a kid over-minus glasses?
if they are XT it will cause them to accommodate more and converge more
whats the normal value of AC:A ratio?
5
what surgery do you for X(T)
LR recession OU
Whats the surgery for sensory XT?
R&R on amblyopic eye
when do you get A and V patterns?
in et or xt
what surgery would you do for XT w big V- IO overaction?
LR recession OU with IO weakening OR you could move the medials to the apex of the V and laterals the opposite way (MALE)
What chin position would a kid do if they had an A pattern?
chin down
how do you treat an XT with mild A pattern (ie SO overaction)
SO surgery is fraught with problems.So don’t tough them, instead do MALE surgery
whats the formula to calculate AC:A ratio?
IPD(cm) + N-D/Diopters of accommodation IPD= interpupillary distance N= ET in PD at near D= ET in PD at dist Diopters = 3 remember to convert IPD from mm to cm
whats the Parks rule for determining if there is high AC:A ratio?
if their ET at near is 10PD greater than their ET at distance its accommodative eso
whats the treatment for acomodative eso?
glasses! give full plus
when do you give bifocals?
straight eyes in distance and big ET at near. So at distance they look thru plano and at near they get plus so it relaxes accomodation
how does plus glasses relax accommodation?
it gives you + power, so you don’t have to accommodate to make your own + power
when do you operate on an ET and do you operate for the PD cc or sc?
operate for the deviation with glasses on. Only operate if they still have ET even with full spectacle . tell them they will need glasses even after surgery
whats cyclic esotropia and how do you treat?
kid who is ET one day and straight the next. Generally has a 24 cycle. Operate for the full ET, do not patch! Will cause the ET to become constant
whats hypermetropia?
synonym with hyperopia
how do you treat infantile ET?
try full + glasses first
what are the 3 bad complications after treatment of congenital et?
1) DVD
2) latent nystagmus
3) IO overaction
what rule does DVD violate?
herrings law. its like you take a saw and divide your head. The eyes don’t coordinate
what direction is latent nystagmus?
fast phase toward the fixing eye
do kids with congenital ET have any chance for high grade stereopsis?
not a chance. At best they can become monofixators (small central suppression/scotoma)
whats smooth pursuit asymmetry?
normal kids develop smooth pusuit from temporal to nasal direction first. once they get older they can follow nasal to temporal. Kids with ambly never develop good nasal to temporal pursuit
how often can infantile ET resolve
almost never. only 4%
whats the forced generation test?
put in proparacaine, grob eye w .12 and tell them to look in each direction and feel if the eye is generating force
how do you treat a vascular or traumatic cn6 palsy?
observe 6 months
what surgery can you do for cn6 palsy?
1) hummelsheim procedure. split both the SR and IR and transpose part of it to the insertion of the LR
2) Jensen- split the LR and sew the muscle itself to the SR and IR
Whats double elevator palsy?
actually a monocular elevation problem
Tight IR (restrictive) vs. paralysis
Causes unable to look up in adduction and abduction (unlike browns has prob w elevation in adduction only)
Whats the main cause of acquired browns sx?
Sinusitis
How do you treat double elevator palsy?
if restrictive- recess IR
If paralytic- do Knapp procedure. Bring the MR and LR up next to the SR
How do you work up acquired browns?
Image the orbit
What does it mean if you have a hyper and the hyper is worse on tilt toward that side?
It must be an oblique problem!!!!