QUESTIONS Flashcards
How do you treat post op pupillary block
cycloplegia, LPI
How do you treat post op ciliary block?
cycloplegia, LPI (to r/o pupillary block), aqueous suppression
patients with elevated IOP from ICE syndrome…what is best therapy?
tube shunt vs trabeculectomy. laser angle surgery doesn’t work due to angle abnl
What serologic markers are most associated with uveitis in JIA patients?
postive ANA with negative RF
First line treatment for fungal keratitis?
natamycin–only available topical anti fungal in US
When should you consider giving steroids in EKC?
SEIs or pseudomembranes
prostaglandin ocular side effects?
macular edema, uveitis
topical carbonic anhydrase ocular side effects?
K edema
laser trabeculoplasty is good for patients for what kind of angle structure?
open angles such as in pseudo exfoliation syndrome
what is Kasabach Merritt syndrome?
infantile hemangioma on organs leading to thrombocytopenia due to sequestration
anterioposterior width of lens at birth and in adult?
3.5 mm and 5 mm in adults
what’s the width of a phase tip?
1.6mm
what optic disc features are seen in NTG?
larger CDR, sloping, PPA, disc hemorrhage
what is scleromalacia perforans?
necrotizing scleritis WITHOUT inflammation. Associated with RA and is painless. High mortality–manage with a rheumatologist
redundant periumbilical fold is associated with what condition?
axenfeld rieger
interrupted PKP sutures are best for what kind of patients?
inflamed K, children, thin cornea, and vascularized corneas.
allows sutures to be removed individually if needed
rubella infection of second trimester is associated with what?
retinopathy
rubella of first trimester is associated with sequestration of virus in lens leading to cataracts… what other association is almost never seen at the same time with cataracts in these patients
congenital glaucoma
myasthenia gravis is also associated with what comorbid condition?
Graves and thymoma
Get TSH and CT chest/neck
salt pepper fundus
congenital rubella mostly associated with second trimester infection
describe Lisch Epithelial Corneal Dystrophy?
X link dominant condition with micro cysts in epithelium forming whirl like pattern. Similar to Meesman’s
definition and width of perifovea
1.5 mm, area of the very peripheral macula
width of parafovea
0.5mm, area surrounding fovea. It is where ganglion cells are the thickest
foveola definition. width of foveola?
area where there’s only cones.
250 microns
where is foveola in relations to optic nerve?
0.4mm temporal, and 0.8mm inferiorly
What is the width of fovea?
1.5mm–aka 1 disc diameter
thickness of K epithelium?
50 microns
thickness of Bowman’s layer?
8-14 microns
Thickness of decedent’s membrane?
3 microns at birth —increases to 10 microns in adulthood
nevus of Ota is associated with what condition?
glaucoma in 10% pts
Feldenstrucktur muscle is at what NMJs for what movements
at En grappe NMJs for smooth pursuits
Fibrillenstruktur muscle is at what NMJs for what movements
en plaque NMJs for saccades
Cidofovir ocular side effect?
uveitis, hypotony
what conditions are associated with enlarged K nerves/
neurofibromatosis 2
MENIIB
leprosy
MeN2 large k nerves
how many % of melanomas come from PAM (with atypic)? de novo? nvus?
70% from PAM. de novo 20% rest from nevus
dieffenbachia plant exposure causes what?
corneal calcium oxalate crystals called raphides
treatment for toxo?
oral: pyrimethamine, sulfadiazine, folic acid…(triple therapy)… then later on prednisone
or IV of clindamycin and dexamethasone
LASIK. what organisms are common infections in <10 days post op? what about >10 days post op?
Gram + <10 days
Fungal or atypical mycobacteria >10 days
Lens capsule is thickest where?
posterior pre equatorial 23 microns
anterior lens capsule thickness?
14microns
direct eye lid closure is used for what size of eye lid defects?
<33%
how do you close lid defect 33-50%?
lateral canthotomy then rotate flap (Tenzel flap)
what is Cutler-Beard procedure?
for UPPER lid defects of >50% by using lower lid as flap
What is the modified Hughes procedure?
to fix lower lid defects >50% with upper eyelid flap to construct posterior lamella
what is echothiophate?
indirect Miotics. Do NOT give succinylcholine with it as it may prolong paralysis
What is central cloudy dystrophy of Francois?
exactly the same appearance as crocodile shagreen. Except for crocodile shagreen develops over time and central cloudy dystrophy of Francois is from birth (it’s a dystrophy)
what are the two flattest quadrants of the cornea?
superior and nasal
fovea size
1.5mm same as ON
microscopic breaks in bowman’s layer is associated with early stages of what condition?
Keratoconus
What is the difference between CHED and CHSD?
CHSD is extremely rare –there is no corneal edema, but there’s thickening with flaky stromal lesions.
what is astigmatism keratotomy?
parallel corneal incisions about 1mm from apex in order to flatten steep meridian and steepen the flat meridian (coupling)
what effect do radial incisions on the cornea have on the curvature?
radial incisions flatten both the meridian at hand as well as 90 degrees from it
Cidofovir is used for CMV retinitis. what are its side effects?
anterior uveitis.
hypotony
renal toxicity
what is the only medicine proven to reduce rebleed s/p traumatic hyphema?
aminocaproic acid