Cornea Flashcards
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Name 3 stains for amyloid?
Congo red, thioflavin T, crystal violet
Name of Iron line at head of pterygium?
Stocker’s line
Does pterygium usually cause ATR or WTR? Astigmatism?
Usually WTR (flattens in meridian of pterygium/horizontal)
What causes adenochrome deposits?
topical epinephrine is metabolized to melanin
How large is a giant papillae?
>1.0mm
What type of hypersensitivity is AKC? What age?
Type IV > Type I, onset 30-50yo
What type of cataract is associated with AKC?
Subcapsular Maltese Cross
What systemic disease is associated with SLK?
Thyroid disease
Imagine patient with SLK, What are typical exam findings of SLK?
Velvety papillary hypertrophy, with superior cornela and conjunctival punctate staining, micropannus, redundant superior conj, +/- filamentary keratitis
What is treatment for SLK?
Steroids of little use; usually requires conj scarring (cautery or silver nitrate) or recession/resection of superior conj; can try large diameter CL
Is parinaud’s oculoglandular syndrome papillary or follicular conjunctivitis?
Follicular
Most common eye finding in Reactive arthritis?
COnjunctivitis (30%)
Common bugs for Reactive Arthritis?
Chlamydia, Shigella, Salmonella
What is the lining of inclusion cyst?
normal epithelium (non-keratinized stratified squamous)
Treatment for squamous conj papilloma?
Excisional biopsy with cryotherapy
Most common malignant epithelial tumor of conj?
SCC
Width of margin for conj SCC?
4mm
Path buzzword for SCC?
Keratin pearls
% of conj nevi that are amelanotic?
20-30%
Location of junctional nevus?
confined to epithelial/subepithelial junction (anterior to basement membrane)
Location of compound nevus?
cells in epithelial and subjepithelial locations
Which nevus type is most common?
Compound nevus
Cause of PAM (cellular level)?
Proliferation of intraepithelial melanocytes