The Red Eye & Adnexal Oncology Flashcards
What is the acute red eye condition?
Uveitis
What is the acute red eye condition?
Conjunctivitis:
Bacterial
Viral
Allergic
What is the acute red eye condition?
Scleritis
Acute glaucoma
Keratitis / corneal ulcer
What are the different types of uveitis?
Anterior
Intermediate
Posterior
Panuveitis
Where does anterior uveitis occur?
Iris
Where does intermediate uveitis occur?
Ciliary body and vitreous
Where does posterior uveitis occur?
Retina
Choroid
Blood vessels
What are the causes of uveitis?
Idiopathic
Assocaited with systemic disease
Infection
Masquarade (intraocular lymphoma, leukaemia)
What systemic diseases is uveitis associated with?
Ankylosing spondylitis
Behcet’s disease
Sarcoidosis
Systemic lupus erythematosis
Wegner’s
What infections are associated with uveitis?
TB
Syphilis
Toxoplasma
Herpes
Lymes
CMV
What is treatment for uveitis?
Treat Infection
Topical anti-inflammatories
Systemic steroid
Systemic immunosuppressants
What are signs and symptoms of acute angle-closure glaucoma?
Severe pain
Vomiting
Fixed, dilated pupil
What are features of preseptal cellulitis?
Pain, redness, lid swelling
Systemically well
What are the common causes of preseptal cellulitis?
Lid cyst or insect bite
What are the features of orbital cellulitis?
Ø Pain, redness, lid swelling
Ø Systemically unwell
Ø Double vision/limitation in EOEM
Ø Conjunctivitis/chemosis
Ø Exophthalmos (abnormal protrusion of the eyeball or eyeballs.)
Ø Blurred vision
What are the common causes of orbital cellulitis?
Sinusitis
Dental infections
Haematological spread
What systemic diseases can cause issues with the eye?
Ø Diabetes
Ø Hypertension
Ø Autoimmune
Ø Rheumatoid arthritis
Ø Myaesthenia gravis
Ø Systemic lupus erythematosus
Ø Inflammatory:
Ø Ankylosing spondylitis
Ø Crohn’s disease
Ø Sarcoidosis
Infection
Haematological
Inherited / genetic:
Albinism
Marfans
Thyroid eye disease
What are the three types of adnexal oncology?
Eyelid tumours
Lacrimal drainage tumours
Orbital tumours
What are the common types of adnexal oncology pathology?
Eyelid tumours: very common (20% of caucasions in their lifetime)
Lacrimal drainage tumours: vanishingly rare - less than 1,000,000 per year - considered to be orbital
Orbital tumours: very rare (2/3 benign, 1/3 malignant), approximately 1 per 100,000 per year
What are the features of benign tumours?
- Normal cells in abnormal numbers and/or location
- Cells lack the ability to invade local tissue or to metastasise
- Typically slow growing, mass effect
What are the features of malignant cells?
- Anaplastic cells (loss of form or function)
- Often rapidly growing, capable of invading surrounding tissue and spreading to distant locations
- Colloquially known as ‘cancer’
What is a carcinoma?
•Derived from epithelial cells (i.e. skin, respiratory tract, GI tract)
What is a sarcoma?
•Derived from connective tissue (i.e. bone, cartilage, fat, nerve)
What is a lymphoma?
Haemopoietic cells maturing in lymphatic tissue
What is a leukaemia?
•Haemopoietic cells maturing in the blood
What is a blastoma?
•Cancers derived from immature ‘precursor’ cells or embryonic cells