systemic disease Flashcards
What 3 events occur in every case of acute inflammation?
- Vascular dilation
- Structural change (from dilation)
- PMN (neutrophils)
PMN’s are the firemen, first to come. They are most common.
*These are also granulocytes.
We just got done saying that PMN’s are the main cell type in ACUTE inflammation.
What is the main cell types in CHRONIC inflammation?
- Macrophages
- Lymphocytes
- Plasma cells
These are mononuclear cells
What are some diseases that lead to chronic inflammation?
-Persistant infection (H. Pylori )
-Prolonged exposure to toxic agents (Asbestos)
-Autoimmune Disease (RA)
Is granulomatous inflammation a subcategory of chronic inflammation or acute inflammation?
Chronic inflammation.
What cells are inflated in Granulomatous inflammation?
Macrophages.
Graulomatous = Macrophages
Macrophages are big fluffy cells and their job is to wall things off
What are examples of conditions that may cause granulomatous inflammation?
- Bacterial: TB, Leprosy, Syphilis
- Fungal: Histo, Blastomycosis
- Foreign Body: Sutures, Vascular Graft
- Unknown: Sarcoidosis
What ion enters a cell if it doesn’t get enough oxygen?
Na+ (the cell gets salty from being deprived)
-The Na inside the cell causes water to come in and make it enlarged, swollen, leading to cell DEATH.
-This same thing occurs in macular ischemia.
What are the 4 different types of necrosis and where would I find it in the body?
- Coagulative: heart, we see it with a Heart Attack.
- Liquefactive: Lung, we see this in fungal cases
- Caseous: Lung, see it in TB (cheesy in the lung)
- Fat
What medications are used to Tx TB?
RIPE
R- Rifampin
I - Isoniazid
P- Pyrazinamide
E- Ethambutol
Which one of the tb drugs can be used in isolation?
Isoniazid
Which TB drug cases pink tears?
Rifampin
“Think RifamPINK”
Which TB drug can cause a bilateral retrobulbar optic neuritis? What does it look like?
ETHAMBUTOL
-most important drug to know in all of optometry because it can cause 20/200 VA OU, but the eye looks normal, and no APD.
What are the 4 hypersensitivity reactions and the key players involved in each?
Type 1: A - Anaphylactic (IgE): Mast cell (histamine), Ca2+
Type 2: C - Cytotoxic (IgG, IgM): Rheumatic fever, Rh Dz
Type 3: I - Immune mediated (Antigen-antibody complex): Lupus, autoimmune reactions
Type 4: D - Delayed (T-lymphocyte)
*The only one that doesn’t have an antibody.
-i.e. Tb test, delayed contact dermatitis, corneal transplant reaction
- phlyctenulosis (staph infection -> bleph)
What ocular drug(s) blocks H1 receptor but does not stabilize mast cells? Combo?
Emedastine
(always used in combo, Naphcone-!)
What drug(s) targets calcium and prevents it from entering cells, thus preventing histamine release?
Mast cell stabilizers, stop Ca.
- Alocrile
- Alomide
- Alamast
- Cromolyn sodium
Which drugs block histamine receptors and stabilize mast cells?
“BEZPOP”
- Bepreve
- Elestat
- Zatador
- Patanol
- Optivar
- Pataday
These block voltage gated Ca channels and Histamine
What type of hypersensitivity reaction is Lupus?
Type 3 - Immune mediated
What is the classic profile of a person who gets lupus?
-Women more than men
-30 y.o.
Does Lupus have a positive ANA?
Others
Yes
Two conditions that have a positive ANA include:
-Lupus
-JRA (non-granulomatous and is -RF)
-RA
What are the ocular manifestations of Lupus? (and other autoimmune diseases)
-Dry eye (most common!)
- recurrent episcleritis, peripheral keratitis
-Neuro-opthalmic complications: (disk edema, papilledema)
-Around eyes - Malar Butterfly rash.
Malar rash = Lupus.
Pt wakes up in the morning not feeling great, their small joints are stiff bilaterally.
Name that condition.
Who?
Rheumatoid arthritis.
Women, 50 y.o.
-Bilateral joints stiff in morning.
How does rheumatoid arthritis differ from osteoarthritis?
- Rheumatoid arthritis:
-SMALL JOINTS
-BILATERAL
-Pain in the morning - Osteo-arthritis:
-BIG JOINTS
-doesn’t have to be bilateral.
-moving throughout the day initiates pain.
What blood tests would come back positive in the case of Rheumatoid arthritis?
Rheumatoid Arthritis
+ RF (rheumatoid factor)
+ ANA
What is the #1 thing RA pts will complain about ocularly?
Dry eye
T or F: the Dry eye experienced by RA pt is aqueous deficient.
TRUE
Second ocular condition we think about in RA pts is….. SCLERITIS.
What is the name of scleritis in a RA pt?
Scleromalacia Perforans
-Necrotizing w/out inflammation, not painful.
-Can have a blue sclera.
This is the #1 cause of scleritis in pts
What is the #1 reason a child would come into the clinic with a uveitis?
Prentation?
JIA - Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
“young girl comes in w/ fever and Uveitis”
-If there is arthritis it only affects ONE JOINT, pt is more likely to have uveitis.
What test will be positive in case of JIA?
+ ANA.
What ocular finding will occur on the cornea in a pt with JIA?
Band Keratopathy - occurs on Bowmans.
Pt comes in with Superior Nasal Thinning of the cornea.
Name the condition:
Terrians Marginal Degeneration.
-30 y.o. man against the rule, cocky.
20 y.o. guy who is so frustrated he could cry but never has a red eye.
Name the condition:
Treatment
1 complaint - something in my eye. Foreign body sensation.
Thygeson’s
-Crumb defects central cornea, bilateral.
-Barely stain (unlike SPK).
-Use a steroid like FML
AA female with inflammation.
Name the condition:
What test would you do?
Sarcoid!
ACE blood test
Then, chest X-ray.
-If I see a pt who has granulomatous uveitis, think to do a chest x-ray.
What cells are responsible for forming the granulomas in Sarcoidosis?
Macrophages.
What are 7 eye finding associated with sarcoid?
Start at the front of the eye and move backwards:
- Dacryoadenitis
- Dry eye
- Granulomatous uveitis
- Vitritis
- Vasculitis (periphlebitis)
- Optic neuritis - worst thing
- CN 7 inflammation (bell’s like inflammation)
Young male comes in with the worst uveitis you have ever seen. What do you ask him?
-What condition are we worried about?
-Do you have any lower back pain? (or neck pain)
-Ankylosing spondylitis
What tests do we do for Ankylosing Spondylitis?
-Lower back x-ray
- HLA-B27
Which conditions are positive for HLA-B27?
“UCRAP”
U- ulcerative colitis
C- Crohns
R -Reactive uveitis
A- Ankylosing spondylitis
P- Psoriatic arthritis
Pt comes in with Urethritis and uveitis, what test will you run?
HLA-B27 will be positive in cases of Reactive Arthritis (Reiter’s syndrome.
“can’t pee, see, climb a tree”
Men > Women.
What occurs with Psoriatic arthritis?
-What test will you run?
“Think sore arthritis”
-Sores -> plaques on joints that leads to bilateral joint stiffness.
-They could have an Anterior Uveitis as well.
Test: + HLA-B27
What is the breakdown of conditions that cause non-granulomatous uveitis versus granulomatous uveitis?
- Non-Granulomatous (PMNs - Neutrophils)
a. Idiopathic (70%)
b. UCRAP/JIA (30%)
-Ankylosing is the #1 cause of non-gran. - Granulomatous (macrophage)
a. Sarcoid
b. TB
A likely test question:
What is the #1 cause of non-granulomatous uveitis (other than idiopathic)?
Ankylosing Spondylitis
What do we call granulmatous lesions in the eye?
What is the name for them if they are on the pupil margin versus everywhere else?
Mutton FAT KP - granuloma in the eye
Pupil margin: Koeppe “think Kolbee, got it in the hole, near the pupil margin”
Busacca: everywhere else.
What does it mean when we say syphilis is the great mimic?
It can present as non-granulomatous or granulomatous
All of the following conditions may affect the optic nerve EXCEPT:
syphilis
sarcoidosis
systemic lupus erythematosus
rheumatoid arthritis
rheumatoid arthritis
Where does neural control of our respiration occur in our brain?
In the Medulla Oblongata.
(neural control of breathing)
Name the condition:
A 50 y.o. women who says I have a HA or Scalp tenderness or Achy Jaw.
Temporal Arteritis.
How does Jaw claudication differ from TMJ in terms of symptoms?
Jaw claudication -> Tired Achy feeling
TMJ -> sharper pain
The temporal artery is a terminal branch off from what artery?
External carotid.
You think the pt in your chair has temporal arteritis, what lab will you order?
- ESR
- CRP
- CBC/WBC
Gold standard: biopsy
What is one down-side of biopsy of the temporal artery?
You could have inflammation at one portion of the temporal artery and not another.
Thus, you could biopsy a portion that is not affected and you R/O Giant cell went actually you do have a pt with giant cell and it is just inflamed elsewhere.
this is called a skip lesion
what are some examples of local factors that could affect wound healing?
local: decreased blood supply, inability to form clots, local infection
What does the temporal artery inflammation have to do with vision?
It inflames medium sized vessels and the SPCA are medium sized vessels.
Thus it can prevent blood flow to the optic nerve and cause an AION.
T or F: you will wait for the lab & biopsy results to come back before initiating Tx for Giant cell.
Other tx?
FALSE.
We could potentially be dealing with very serious inflammation thus we put them on STEROIDS ASAP. In addition, use a baby aspirin to prevent stroke.
60 y.o. male, unilateral loss of VA in one eye.
Compare and contrast NAION vs AION:
What conditions are associated with a NAION?
NAION occurs in 90%
-HTN
-Diabetes
-Ischemic conditions
Associated with:
-Noturnal HTN, Bradycardia
-Sleep apnea
-Disk at risk
-Viagra
Only affects 1 eye
60 y.o. male, unilateral loss of VA in one eye.
Compare and contrast NAION vs AION:
What conditions are associated with a AION?
AION occurs in 10%
giant cell is an AION
-Inflammation, Vasculitis of medium sized blood vessels. short posterior ciliary arteries
Sx:
-Jaw claudication, neck pain, scallop tenederness, ANOREXIA.
We must r/o polymyalgia rheumatic when considering Giant cell arteritis.
What symptoms would a pt with Polymalgia Rheumatica have?
They will have pain or stiffness in neck, shoulders, or hips.
-it can be very sudden or occur over a gradual period.
Name the condition:
Vasculitis-inflammation of the vessels that affects:
1. Respiratory tract
2. Lungs
3. Kidneys
Wegener’s granulomatosis aka Granulomatosis with Polyangitis
What ocular manifestation can Wegener’s granulomatosis have?
aka: granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Can cause
-Granulomatous Sclerouveitis
-retro-orbital mass and proptosis
-Corneal ulcerations.
Scleroderma is a skin vasculitis that can cause shrinking of the skin.
What ocular effect may this lead to?
-Shrinking of skin around conj
-Dry eye
Gout is formed by uric acid crystals. They are pointy and can end up in joints.
Which joint is most often affected by gout?
What foods cause gout ?
MTP: Metatarsophalangeal joint
“think Men Toe Pain”
-This is referred to as podagra
-Most amount of uric acid in red meat and beer.
What ocular manifestation can occur with GOUT?
BAND KERATOPATHY
-another type of crystals that can occur in the eye (Ca+ crystals, can also get Ca+ crystals with Gout, not only ureic crystals)
-occurs in bowmans
What drug is used to treat Gout?
Allopurinol: it inhibits xanthine oxidase to decrease uric acid levels.
There are two disease of immunodeficiency we need to know about, what are they?
Hint: One is congenital and one is acquired.
- Congenital Immunodeficiency - Deficiency of IgA
- Acquired immunodeficiency (AIDS)
Congenital Immunodeficiency - Deficiency of IgA
Where do we find IgA?
- tears
- Respiratory tract/Mucosal membranes
- Breast Milk (if IgA is pumped into breast milk it leaves mothers mucosal surfaces deficient of IgA and leads to cavities in teeth)
Congenital Immunodeficiency - Deficiency of IgA
If we don’t have IgA in the tear film, what do we worry about?
-Keratinazation of the Cornea (Bitot’s spots)
-w/out IgA, we will get more infections which increases risk of keratinization of cornea.
What is the MOA of the drugs we use to Tx AIDS?
We use drugs that block Reverse Transcriptase, they are called azidothymidine (AZT)
Acquired Immunodeficiency - AIDS.
What is AIDS caused by? (MOA)
RNA virus that uses reverse transcriptase to become a DNA virus.
It is super sneaky! HIV starts out as an RNA virus that then uses this enzyme to convert itself into DNA…
Pt comes in with flu like symptoms: they are tired, achy, fever.
What test can you run if you are suspicious of HIV?
- Elisa (screening)
If Elisa is positive then we do:
2. Western blot
(alphabetical order E, then W)
-A positive E and W has a 99.9% specificity for HIV.
After a diagnosis of HIV has been made, what cell count do we watch closely?
CD4. These are the cells that help fight infection.
What is a normal CD4 cell count?
500-1500.
What CD4 count do we begin to be concerned about?
At what CD4 count do we say a pt has progressed from HIV to AIDs?
Concerned: <500
AIDS: <200
What causes the death in AIDS patients?
It is no the virus itself that kills a person.
The virus kills off the cells that fight infection, thus a pt can die of the opportunistic infections that are able to hurt them because the immune system is down.
What are some opportunistic infections found in HIV pts? (5)
- CMV retinitis
- Pneumocytic pneumonia (PCP)
- Toxo
- Tb
- Karposis’s Sarcoma (a Herpes virus, can get it around the eyes)
How do we treat CMV retinitis if it infects an HIV pt?
We treat with Gangcyclovir
Now onto SKIN LESIONS
What is a papilloma caused by?
HPV or Cervical cancer.
What is Xanthelasma caused by?
Increase in cholesterol.
-Bilateral medial portion of eyelid.
-Can also be due to just AGE (no big deal here)
What is Molluscum contangiosum caused by?
-DNA Pox virus
Appearance: dome-shaped waxy umbilicate nodules.
In kids Molluscum is normal and go away on their own.
Molluscum is not normal to have in adults. What condition can Molluscum be associated with in adults?
If a pt has molluscum all over their body, think HIV. Something is immunocompromising in their body allowing the Dz to spread.
-Can get moluscum as an STD.
What ocular finding can occur with Molluscum?
Follicular conjunctivitis
CHAT - it is toxic.
Name the condition:
Pt with telangiectasias of the skin and Rhinophyma.
Acne Rosacea.
-we know it has triggers such as spicy food, alcohol.
What ocular findings can occur with Acne rosacea?
Lid things:
1. hordeola
2. Chalazia
Cornea things:
3. Dry eye
4. Keratitis
What three conditions cause Telectasias?
- Basal Cell Carcinomas
- Acne Rosacea
- Coat’s disease
What type of Hypersensitivity is allergic contact dermatitis?
Delayed, Type 4.
It can be caused by Medication, Makeup.
-Acute periorbital swelling
-conj. chemosis, redness, itching, and tearing.
Name the condition:
What is it caused by?
-Honey-colored crusted lesions
IMPETIGO
-Caused by gram + bacteria, usually staph.
What could you use to Tx Impetigo, Staph?
- Bacitracin (very gram +)
- PCNs (Dicloxacillin is very gram +)
- 1st gen cephalosporins (they start very gram +, good one would be Keflex)
NOTE: 1st gen fluoroquinolone would not be a good option because they start gram -.
HSV 1 and HSV 2
HSV -1 Is the cold sores, it is most common and almost everyone has it. (takes 1 to get type 1)
HSV -2 is the STD (takes two to get type 2)
Which one is more likely to have ocular SE?
Type 1
-We are more likely to touch mouth and then eye, and type 1 is just more common.
What is the most likely situation when HSV type 2 would get in the eye?
When a baby is born, the mom has the active Dz and passes it to the baby.
-Herpetic Keratitis Neonate
T or F: once you have HSV 1 or 2, you always have it.
Where?
TRUE
-The virus will hide in ganglion cells.
Trigeminal ganglion
Which drugs can be use prophylactically to prevent flare ups of Herpes?
- Gancyclovir
- Acyclovir
What is the Main Ocular SE from HSV?
Dendritic Keratitis
What percent of HZV pts have ocular involvement?
How does it involve the eye?
25% get ocular involvement.
-Hutchingson’s sign (V1 - nasociliary nerve)
Can also get: blepharitis, uveitis, true dendritic keratitis (stains with nafl in center + terminal bulbs)
Name the condition:
Middle Eastern (turkish) young adult with Recurrent Hypopyon
What are the 4 associated lesions/ulcers?
BECHET’S DISEASE
Pts must have two of the following lesions/ulcers:
1. Recurrent oral ulcers
2. Genital ulcers
3. Eye lesions
4. Skin lesions
Review: What is the only condition that causes Recurrent Hypopyon?
BECHET’s DISEASE
Malignant Melanoma is a cancer of melanocytes.
What layer does it occur in?
What is the #1 prognostic factor?
What UV ray is most likely to cause it?
Malignant Melanoma
- Occurs in Stroma BASAL layer (same layer as BASAL cell)
- DEPTH of Invasion is #1 prognostic factor
- UVB most causative (atmosphere blocks UVC which is most dangerous)
What does A,B,C,D stand for when determining severity of a Melanoma?
A -Asymmetry
B -Border
C -Color
D -Depth
What is the #1 skin cancer?
BASAL Cell Carcinoma. Make up 94% of skin cancers.
What is the classic appearance of basal cell carcinoma in the beginning?
“EARLY PEARLY”
Later on:
-Telangectasia
-Can bleed (ulcerations)
BASAL cell and SQUAMOUS cell can look similar later on and it is hard to differentiate.
But early on they have different appearances. We said that BASAL is early pearly. How does Squamous present early on?
Scaly
Scaly actinic keratiosis -> Squamous cell carcinoma.
Basal cell begins in squamous basal layer, what does squamous cell carcinoma begin in?
Stratum spinous.
Name the condition:
Name the ocular complication that can result of it:
Port Wine Stain.
Sturge-Weber
-Unilateral Glaucoma
-occurs b/c episcleral veins are responsible for draining fluid through Schlem’s canal. Congestion of those veins/capillaries can lead to increase pressure and glaucoma.
What is an astrocytic Harmartoma?
What condition causes Astrocytic Harmatoma?
Other name?
Retinal astrocytic hamartomas are glial tumors of the retinal nerve fiber layer that arise from retinal astrocytes. Sometimes referred to as “mulberry lesions”
TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS
Which of the following conditions is the MOST common ocular infection in patients with AIDS?
Toxoplasmosis
Tuberculosis
Cytomegalovirus
Herpes simplex
Cytomegalovirus
What ocular manifestations can result from Down Syndrome?
“GECKOS” Think of a little boy with down syndrome who is obsessed with geckos.
G- glaucoma
E- epicanthal folds
C- cataracts
K- Keratoconus
O- X
S- Strabismus
What conditions cause Keratoconus?
“TDOME”
T- Turner’s
D- Down syndrome
O- Osteogenesis Imperfecta
M- Marfan’s
E -Ehlers-Danlos
[also mitral-valve prolapse]
GENETIC GENDER DISORDERS
What is the condition in which an individual has a XXY chromosomes?
Klinefelter’s syndrome
“think Calvin is a guy but he is less manly, so he has two X’s and one Y”
-ends up with some female characteristics.
What conditions is characterized by an individual having only one x chromosome (not two)
Turner’s syndrome
“Tina Turner is a girl that has an X but is missing the second X.
What ocular complications can result from Turner’s syndrome?
BV problems! Must know them
“Tina turner has a hard time turning”
- Strabismus
- Amblyopia
- Reduced Acc.
- Convergence insuffiency
Also Keratoconus:
T- Turner’s
D- Down syndrome
O- Osteogenesis Imperfecta
M- Marfan’s
E -Ehlers-Danlos
Name the condition:
Get a host of big tumors randomly. Can cause tumor in the retina -> Retinal Angiomas.
Inheritance pattern
Von HIPPel Lindau Disease
“think you RET with your HIPS”
*Autosomal DOMINANT
Name the condition:
Triad consisting of -
1. Neurofibromas: clusters of nerve tissue (could present as an optic nerve glioma)
2. Cafe au last spots (coffee w/milk)
3. Lisch nodules on iris
What do we worry about?
Inheritance?
Neurofibromatosis
Type 1 aka Von Recklinghausen’s dz
*Autosomal DOMINANT
*We worry about these tangles of nerve tissue compressing the optic nerve
Pt with a AD connective tissue disorder who was told he cannot play basketball (even though he is tall) b/c he has heart problems w/ his aorta and has floppy valves.
What things are we worried about with the eye?
Silent diagnosis: Marfan’s syndrome
Eye problems:
1. Subluxation of the lens
2. Retinal detachments
3. Keratoconus
What direction will the lens sublux in the case of MARFANS?
Will sublex UP.
“think you look up at Marphans pts (b/c they are super tall) and that its the direction the lens moves”
What condition causes the lens to sublux down?
Homocystinuria.
What ocular condition is Autosomal Dominant?
BEST’S disease
Name the condition:
Inheritance pattern
Slow body movements as well as slow eye movements.
Problems with:
-Pursuits
-Voluntary Saccades
-Refixation
Huntington’s Chorea
“think while HUNGTING you need to make very slow movements to not startle the deer”
*Autosomal DOMINANT
If a pt has 4 or more CHRPEs what are we concerned about?
Inheritance
Colon Cancer!
4 or more CHRPEs is referred to as bear tracks. This is indicative of Gardener’s Syndrome which is a variant of Familial Adenomatous Polyposis
*100% of these patients with FAP get colon cancer :(
-Autosomal DOMINANT
Are CHRPE’s hyperplasia or hypertrophy?
Hypertrophy (increased size)
(not increased # hyperplasia)
Autosomal Recessive Disorders.
How does the inheritance pattern work for these conditions?
Name 3 AR Diseases:
Both mom and dad have to be carriers for it to be present in a child and there is still then only a 25% chance of the child having it.
These are usually pretty severe and show up right after birth.
3: Sickle Cell, PKU, Tay Sachs
What condition is caused by a DNA issue that switches a G (glutamic acid) to a V (valine) in a Red blood cell?
Sickle Cell
Commonly think of AAs having sickle cells.
What tests will help us Dx Sickle cells?
- Decrease Hemoglobin
- Normal Mean Corpusule volume (MCV, normal size even though the shape is weird)
- Increase in Reticulocytes (increases in new baby blood cells being produced by bone marrow)
- Increase Billirubin (Jaundice)
- Blod smear - can see the sickle cells
Why is billirubin elevated in Sickle Cell pt’s?
Our bodies recognize that the sickle cells are abnormal send macrophages to break them down.
the products produced from the breakdown of sickle cells by macrophages is HEME BILLIRUBIN.
The heme & Billi is processed in the liver so soon the liver is overworked and won’t be able to put all the bilirubin into bile. So we look for excess bilirubin in the blood to determine if a pt has sickle cells. Will cause Jaundice.
How does sickle cell affect the eye?
- SEA fan retinopathy
-Get extra vessels growing into the vitreous to give the tissue O2 (b/c other vessels are clotted). - Tractional RD
-The vitreous pulls on the neo and can cause a tractional RD.
What conditions can cause a Tractional RD?
D- Diabetes
R- retinopathy of prematurity
S- Sickle cell
DRVOS
V - vein occlusion
O- OIS
Name the condition:
Neurodegenerative Dz that causes Seizures and a cherry red spot
Tay-Sach’s disease.
Two conditions that causes cherry red spot
1. Tay-Sach’s
2. CRAO
Name the condition:
Lipid disorder that causes telangectasia in the belly button or on the elbow and whorl keratopathy in boys.
FABRY’s Disease.
The only systemic dz to cause whorl keratopathy.
Name this tough condition.
Kids that are tired and don’t want to walk.
Duchenne Muscular dystrophy
-caused by the gene encoding dystrophin.
Name the condition:
Condition characterized by abnormal type 1 collagen synthesis. Can cause blue sclera, KCN, and Megalocornea.
OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA (brittle bone dz)
4 spots of type 1 collagen:
1. Bowmans -> KCN (TDOME)
2. Bones -> Brittle bones
3. Stroma -> Megalocornea
4. Sclera -> Blue sclera
What 2 medications can cause a blue sclera?
- Minocycline
- Steroids
Leber’s Optic Neuropathy:
Do pts lose peripheral or central vision?
Central Vision.
Which of the following 3 ocular manifestations are associated with Marfan’s syndrome?
Keratoconus
Glaucoma
Retinal detachment
Strabismus
Lens subluxation
Congenital cataracts
Keratoconus
Retinal detachment
Lens subluxation
What is the first test we do if we suspect ANEMIA?
-what would we expect in the case of anemia?
CBC
-it will let us know the Hemoglobin count. Anemia will result in decreased Hemoglobin
What is the second test we do or look at to determine the TYPE of ANEMIA?
Mean corpuscular volume
There are three groups of Anemias. Ones with:
1. Decreased MCV (small blood cells)
2. Normal MCV
3. Large MCV (large size)
Each class has two types of anemia within.
Which two types of Anemias are under the decreased MCV category?
- Iron Deficiency anemia (50% of all anemias)
- Aplastic Anemia
A rare one is Thalassemias: condition that prevents the formation of Hemoglobin.
Which 4 drugs can cause aplastic anemia?
Condition?
“these Drugs IMPACT your bones”
“METH Treats Marrow Poorly”
- D-Diamox
- I-
- M-METHotrexate, Methazolamide
- P-Pyridimine
- A-Azetazolamide (CAI)
- C-Chloramphenicol (the eye drop that can cause aplastic anemia)
- T-TriMETHoprim
Condition that can cause aplastic Anemia: Multiple Myeloma
Which two Anemias have Normal MCV?
- Sickle cell (abnormal shape, but normal size)
- Anemia of Chronic dz
-old age,
-HTN, Diabetes
What two dietary supplements are needed to make Red Blood Cells?
- Vit B12
- Folic acid
Which two Anemias have Large MCV?
- Vit B12 deficiency
- Decrease Folic acid
“lacking dietary substances leads to larger cells”
What are the two functions of Parietal cells?
Parietal cells secrete:
1. HCL
2. Intrinsic factor
What is the function of intrinsic factor?
To allow for ABSORPTION of VITAMIN B12
What is the function of Vitamin B12?
Allow your body to to make RED blood cells!
Therefore, if you have any problem with your Parietal cells or a Deficiency of B12, you cannot make red blood cells correctly and will develop Anemia.
name of vitamin B12
cobalamin
Name the condition:
A cancer of plasma cells.
Multiple Myeloma (low yield)
-occurs in the bone marrow and results in immature plasma cells.
-Extra Ca is produced which is hard on Kidney’s.
We just got done talking about RED blood cells and now we are going to go onto WHITE blood cells.
Name the condition:
Cancer of Lymph tissue. Pt commonly has fevers at night and have a large lymph node.
Lymphoma.
-will result in enlarged lymph nodes.
what are the two different categories of Lymphomas?
- Hodgkins (40%)
- Non-Hodgkins (60%)
What very unique cell is present in Hodgkin lymphoma?
Reed Sternberg Cell
“Hedgehog REEDS”
What virus is associated with Hodgkin lymphoma?
Ebstein Barr.
“Hedgehogs REEDS so he can pass the BARR exam” He will be a very studious lawyer.
What two non-unique cells are associated with non-Hodgkin Lyphoma?
T or B cell.
Difficult question:
What condition has Auer Rod cells?
Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia (AML)
Another difficult question:
Which conditions has a Philadelphia chromosome?
Chronic Myelocytic Leukemia (CML)
Which conditions have a worse outcome:
Lymphocytic or Myeloblastic?
Myeloblastic have BAD outcomes :( “mean conditions, bad outcomes”
-Each Myelo condition has its own characteristic cell to tell that it is bad. Review:
1. Auer Rod -AML
2. Philadelphia -CML
-Lymphocytic have good outcomes :)
What two subcategories are under ACUTE Leukemia?
- Acute Myeloblastic (AML) - “Acute Mean Auer Rod”. Poor outcome.
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
-“All kids survive, good outcome”