Showing posts with label Ophthalmology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ophthalmology. Show all posts

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Strabismus

Cover test
Hirschberg cornea light reflex:

Retinoblastoma

malignant, initial sign: leukokoria, strabismus. Dx by CT, No biopsy

Orbital vs. Periorbital Cellulitis

Orbital cellulitits is a more severe problem, it has limited eye movement, mcc is non typable H. Influenza, CT head scan is the best test, treat with IV antibiotics + drainage

Uveitis

Clinical: painful, red, photophobia, pain when shining light on unaffected eye,
Dx: slit lamp, keratic precipitate
Txt: topical or systemic steroid

Glaucoma

90% glaucoma are open-angle glaucoma

closed-angle glaucoma is an emergency, very characteristic
emergent treatment: IV: acetazolimide, urea, osmotic diuretics, pilocarpine, beta-blockers, laser trabeculoplasty.

Retinal Diseases

1. Diabetic Retinopathy
Nonproliferative(vascular dialation) --> proliferative(more serious, with vitreous bleeding-->floaters)
DX: fluorescein to identify vessels and laser photocoagulation to cure



2. Retinal detachment
MCC: myopia, cataracts surgery
Clinical: painless redless blurry vision, floaters, flashes, curtain coming down
Txt: lay back, laser, cryotherapy, gas injection, belt, if all above fail, surgery






3. Age-related macular degeneration
drusen
two types: a. dry, atrophic, slowly progressive blindness
b. wet, exudative, rapidly progressive blindness, need fluorescein to diagnose
Txt: a. dry: zinc, antioxidant vitamine
b. laser & verteporfin


4. Central artery occlusion
Mcc: carotid emboli, temperal arteritis, cardiac thrombi, etc.
clinical: sudden, painless, unilateral blindness, pale retina, cherry-red spot in fovea, vein box-car segmentation
DX: should undergo carotid artery image, echocardiography, thrombophilia
Txt:
a. lay back, oxygen, ocular massage,
b. acetazolamide + thrombolytics
c. anterior chamber paracentesis


5. central vein occlusion
MCC: thrombophilia
of cause glaucoma
clinical: symptoms similar to central artery occlusion, but fundoscopy is different: disk swelling, venous dilation, tortuosity, retinal hemmorrhage
no specific treatment