Vitreoretinal Flashcards
What is peripheral retinal degeneration?
abnormalities in the peripheral retina
What is lattice degeneration?
THINNING IN THE NEUROSENSORY RETINA
WITH OVERLYING VITREOUS LIQUEFACTION
VITREORETINAL ADHESIONS CHARACTERISED BY CIRCUMFERENTIAL ZIGZAG WHITE LINES WITH OVAL HOLES WITHIN THE LESION
What is the most important degeneration predisposing to retinal tears?
lattice degeneration
In what population is lattice degeneration most common?
6-10% of normal population and more common in myopic eyes
What % of people with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment have lattice degeneration?
30%
How is lattice degeneration managed?
PROPHYLACTIC TREATMENT ONLY IN PATIENTS WITH A RETINAL DETACHMENT IN THE CONTRALATERAL EYE,
IN THE FORM OF LASER RETINOPEXY
What is degenerative retinoschisis?
MICROCYTIC DEGENERATION RESULTING IN THE SPLITTING OF THE RETINAL LAYERS BETWEEN THE OUTER PLEXIFORM AND INNER NUCLEAR LAYERS, USUALLY INFEROTEMPORALLY
Describe the distribution of retinoschisis
mostly bilateral and symmeterical
In what type of eye is retinoschisis most common?
Hypermetropic,
not frequently associated with RRD
Describe the features of retinoschisis
SMOOTH CONVEX AND IMMOBILE ELEVATION OF RETINA WITH NO DEMARCATION LINE OF CHRONICITY WITH RRD
ASSOCIATED WITH ABSOLUTE FIELD DEFECT
What is posterior vitreous detachment?
SEPARATATION OF THE POSTERIOR VITREOUS CORTEX FROM THE NSR
What factors increase the likelihood of posterior vitreous detachment?
OCCURS WITH INCREASING AGE AS THE VITREOUS BECOMES MORE LIQUEFIED (SYNCHYSIS) WHICH RESULTS IN THE CREATION OF EMPTY POCKETS OF FLUID WITHIN THE VITREOUS, LEADING TO VITREOUS COLLAPSE
Describe the pathogenesis of posterior vitreous detachment
VITREOUS BECOMES MORE LIQUEFIED (SYNCHYSIS) WHICH RESULTS IN THE CREATION OF EMPTY POCKETS OF FLUID WITHIN THE VITREOUS, LEADING TO VITREOUS COLLAPSE
EVENTUALLY FLUID ESCAPES IN THE RETROVITREOUS SPACE SEPARATING THE POSTERIOR HYALOID FROM THE NSR
What are the features of posterior vitreous detachment?
PHOTOPSIA WITH ASSOCIATED FLOATERS, VA USUALLY UNAFFECTED
WEISS RING: THICKENED VITREOUS AVULSED FROM OPTIC DISC
SHAFER SIGN (PIGMENTED PARTICLES OR ‘TOBACCO DUST’ IN THE ANTERIOR VITREOUS) NEGATIVE
How is posterior vitreous detachment managed?
DOES NOT REQUIRE TREATMENT
WARN ABOUT RISK OF Rhegomatogenous RD AND ADVICE ON PRESENTING IMMEDIATELY IF SYMPTOMS WORSEN OR VISUAL FIELD IS AFFECTED
IF COMPLICATED WITH RETINAL TEAR, TREAT WITH LASER OR CRYORETINOPEXY
What are retinal breaks?
THESE ARE FULL-THICKNESS RETINAL DEFECTS, PROGRESSION TO RD IS RARE
Under what conditions can retinal breaks be treated?
High risk of RD:
- HIGH MYOPIA > 6D
- APHAKIA
- GIANT RETINAL TEAR
- SYMPTOMATIC U-SHAPED RETINAL TEAR
- SYSTEMIC DISEASE
- STICKLER SYNDROME
What is a retinal tear?
A U-SHAPED DEFECT DUE TO VITREORETINAL TRACTION ON A STRIP OF RETINA DUE TO posterior vitreous detachment
In what percentage of cases do retinal tears progress to RRD?
1/3
What can retinal breaks be associated with?
VITREORETINAL ADHESIONS SUCH AS AT THE MARGINS OF LATTICE DEGENERATION
What are the features of retinal breaks?
FLASHES
FLOATERS
WEISS RING
SHAFER SIGN POSITIVE
How are symptomatic retinal breaks treated?
laser retinopexy
What is a giant retinal tear?
A RETINAL TEAR EXTENDING >/ 3 CLOCK HOURS > 90 DEGREES
Where do giant retinal tears occur?
PERIPHERAL RETINA AT POSTERIOR BORDER VITREOUS
What are giant retinal tears associated with?
TRAUMA
HIGH MYOPIA
DISEASES E.G. MARFAN / STICKLER SYNDROME
how are giant retinal tears managed?
LASER RETINOPEXY FOR BOTH EYES
in what % of cases are giant retinal tears bilateral and in what % of cases are their retinal tears in the fellow eye?
16.5% and 60%
What is retinal dialysis?
A DISINSERTION OF THE RETINA AT THE ORA SERRATA INVOLVING ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR TO THE VITREOUS BASES
What is the most common type of retinal dialysis and where does it occur?
TRAUMATIC RETINAL DIALYSIS IS MORE COMMON AND LOCATED SUPERONASALLY
Where does idiopathic retinal dialysis occur more commonly?
inferotemporally
What is the leading cause of traumatic retinal detachment in children and young adults?
Retinal dialysis
how is retinal dialysis managed?
LASER RETINOPEXY IF THERE IS NO ASSOCIATED RD, OTHERWISE SCLERAL BUCKLE IS USED
What is retinal detachment?
SEPARATION OF THE NSR FROM THE RPE
What is shifting sub-retinal fluid?
following detachment, SUBSEQUENT SHIFT OF SUB RETINAL FLUID IN THE SPACE BETWEEN THE NSR AND THE RPE
What are the three main types of retinal detachment?
RRD, TRACTIONAL RD AND EXUDATIVE RD
What is the most common form of retinal detachment?
RRD