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Uvea (uveitis 2) Flashcards

1
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The most common form of uveitis is

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Acute anterior uveitis

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Acute anterior uveitis is usually bi/uni lateral ?

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Unilateral

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Symptoms of Acute anterior uveitis [2]

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  1. Rapid painful loss of vision
  2. Photophobia
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Signs of Acute anterior uveitis

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  1. Lid edema
  2. Corneal edema
  3. Red eye
  4. KPs
  5. Aqueous cells and Aqueous flares
  6. Hypopyon
  7. Hyphema
  8. Muddy Iris
  9. Miosis and irregular pupil (PS)
  10. vitreous opacity
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5
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What is the effect of Acute anterior uveitis on IOP

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Early : high due to glaucoma
Late : low due to ciliary body shut down

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What’s the most common site KPs? And what is called?

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Mid and inferior zone of the cornea(wedge-shaped) – arlt’s triangle

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7
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the scattering of a light beam by a medium containing microscopic suspended particles.. this is called

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Tyndal phenomenon

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8
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Indicate to active inflammation

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Aqueous cells (its number reflects severity)

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9
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Aqueous flares

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The leakage of plasmoid aqueous into the aqueous humor

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Muddy iris

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Loss of iris patern due to accumulation of exudate

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11
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types of posterior adhesion

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  1. localized (pear shaped)
  2. multiple (Festooned pupil)
  3. Annular (seclusio-pupillae)
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complication of acute anterior uvitis

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  1. cataract & glaucoma
  2. posterior and anterianterior synechia
  3. formation of Cyclitic membrane
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Cyclitic membrane

what is it? and its complication

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it’s result due to fibrosis of exudates present behind the lens (from ciliary
body) ,contraction of this membrane lead to tractional retinal detachment, ciliary body detachment

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14
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Behçet’s disease

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  1. Recurrent acute anterior uveitis with hypopyon
  2. Recurrent orogenital ulceration
  3. More common in male
  4. commonly Bilateral
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15
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Vogt-koyanagi-harada syndrome

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Please Don’t Visit Uncle
_________

Poliosis
Deafness
Vitiligo
Uveitis

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16
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Fuchs’ Heterochromia Iridocyclitis

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  1. Recurrent Iridocyclitis
  2. unknown etiology
  3. unilateral
  4. both sex
  5. NO posterior synechia
17
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Chronic anterior uveitis more commonly bilateral or unilateral?

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bilateral

18
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what is pathergy test?

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  1. skin reaction against a slight trauma (sterile needel)
  2. used for Behçet test
19
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Causes of Posterior uveitis

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VKH 3S 3HTC
Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada syndrome
Sympathetic ophthalmia
Sarcoidosis
Syphilis
HS, HZ, Histoplasmosis
Toxocariasis TB Toxocariasis
CMV IdiopathiC Candidiasis

20
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causes of intermediate uvitis

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  1. Idiopathic
  2. Multiple sclerosis
  3. Lyme
  4. TB
  5. Sarcoidosis
  6. IBD
21
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other tearms for intermediate uveitis

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  1. pars planitis
  2. Vitritis
22
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is the intermediate uvitis:
acute/chronic
uni/bi lateral

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chronic
manly bilateral

23
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Symptoms of intermediate uveitis

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  1. Floaters
  2. Decrease visual acuity
  3. Asymptomatic
24
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Signs of intermediate uveitis

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  1. Snowballs
  2. Snow banking
  3. Peripheral periphlebitis
  4. Few KPs
25
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What is snowbanking

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Exudate at ora cerrata, commonly inferior

26
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Complications of intermediate uveitis

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  1. Cystoid macular edema
  2. Optic nerve edema
  3. Cataract
  4. Vitreous hemorrhage
  5. Cyclitic membrane and it’s complications –hint traction

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