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What is a risk factor for cataracts?

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Diabetes Mellitus

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What is a cataract?

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Opacities of the lens of the eye

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AGE-related cataracts result from opacification of what part of the lens and what is it called?

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Nuclear Sclerosis

– opacification of the lens nucleus

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What are 2 risk factors for Glaucoma?

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Age and Diabetes Mellitus

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What is Glaucoma associated with?

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Increased intraocular pressure

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Glaucoma involves changes in what 2 things?

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Changes in the visual field and in the cup of the optic nerve

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Describe the normal flow of the Aqueous Humor

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  • Ciliary body to Posterior Chamber
  • Through the pupil into the Anterior Chamber
  • Draining into the Trabecular Meshwork of the Cornea
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Open Angle Glaucoma

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Open access to the Trabecular Meshwork

–> Increased resistance to aqueous flow

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Open access to Trabecular Meshwork

  • -> Increased resistance to aqueous flow
  • -> Increased intraocular pressure
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Open Angle Glaucoma

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Angle Closure Glaucoma

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Peripheral zone of the Iris adheres to Trabecular Meshwork and IMPEDES outflow of aqueous fluid

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Peripheral zone of the iris adheres to the trabecular meshwork and impedes outflow of fluid

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Angle Closure Glaucoma

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Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma

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Iris bombe – iris bows forward to block trabecular meshwork

= Fluid is stuck in the posterior chamber

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Secondary Angle Closure Glaucoma

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Membranes form of the iris and blocks trabecular meshwork

= Fluid is stuck in the anterior chamber/posterior chamber

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Adhesions between the iris and trabecular meshwork

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Anterior Synechiae

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Adhesions between the iris and anterior lens surface

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Posterior Synechiae

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Endophthalmitis

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Inflammation in vitreous humor

– if suppurative => few hours may cause irreversible retinal injury

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What 3 structures make up the Uvea?

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Iris
Choroid
Ciliary Body

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Uveitis

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Inflammation of structures of the Uvea (iris/choroid/ciliary body)

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What are 3 infections that can cause Uveitis?

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Pneumocystis Carinii
CMV
Toxoplasmosis

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NON-infectious Uveitis and what cells infiltrate?

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Sympathetic Ophthalmia

= NO plasma cells + Eosinophils

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Sympathetic Ophthalmia is NON-infectious Uveitis (inflammation). It is a delayed hypersensitivity reaction that affects _____

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BOTH eyes – injured and non-injured!

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Melanoma and Nevi can also affect the Uvea. What other structure do they affect?

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What is the most common intraocular malignancy of adults and what does it NOT have a link to?

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Uveal Melanoma

– NO link to UV light!

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What mutations are present with Uveal Melanoma?

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GNAQ, GNAII, BAP1

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If Uveal melanoma is more aggressive, where is it likely in the uvea? Also, what 3 mutations are present with Uveal Melanoma?
More aggressive - Choroid/Ciliary body 1. GNAQ 2. GNAII 3. BAP1
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What 2 types of Uveal Melanoma are there and which shape has the worse prognosis?
``` Spindle = fusiform Epithelioid = spherical with worse prognosis ```
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Where is the 1st site of metastasis for Uveal Melanoma?
Liver
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What are the cell attributes of Melanoma?
Large nuclei with irregular contours and RED nucleoli
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Melanoma terms - Radial growth - Vertical growth - Clark's level - Breslow thickness
- Radial growth = horizontal growth - Vertical growth = determines behavior - Clark's level = anatomic level of invasion - Breslow thickness = thickness of tumor
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RPE
Retinal Pigment Epithelium
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Retinal Detachment involves the separation of what 2 things?
Neurosensory Retina from RPE
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Rhegmatogenous vs. NON-Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachments
Rhegmatogenous - full thickness retinal defect | NON-Rhegmatogenous - detachment WITHOUT retinal break
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Retinitis Pigmentosa
Affects the rods and cones -- Hereditary (autosomal dominant = later onset)
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The adult Vitreous Humor is Avascular. If it liquifies and collapses, what occurs?
Floaters
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Vitreous humor liquifies and collapses
Floaters
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What are 2 risk factors for Retinal Vascular Disease?
HTN | DM
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With Retinal Vascular Disease, what may occur since arterioles and veins share a sheath?
With a plaque, arteriole may compress the vein where the vessels cross
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With Malignant HTN, what are 2 things that can be seen?
1. Macular star | 2. Cytoid bodies (cotton wool spots)
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What are Cytoid bodies (cotton wool spots)?
- Malignant HTN | = Mitochondria accumulate at the ends of swollen axons in nerve fiber layer
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Non-Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
Thickened basement membrane of retinal blood vessels | -- microaneurysms, exudates, edema present
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Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
New vessels sprouting from optic nerve or retinal surface
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What is the primary intraocular malignancy of childhood?
Retinoblastoma
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The RB gene is on what chromosome?
13Q14
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What does the normal RB gene do and then describe how Retinoblastoma may occur?
Suppresses development of Retinoblastoma | -- 1 abnormal gene may help to mutate other normal gene => Retinoblastoma occurs due to loss of suppression
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Where are 2 places that Retinoblastoma may spread?
Brain | Bone Marrow
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What 2 histo items are present with Retinoblastoma?
- Flexner - Wintersteiner Rosettes | - Fleurette
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Flexner-Wintersteiner Rosettes and what they are seen with?
- Retinoblastoma | = Photoreceptor Differentiation
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Fleurettes and what they are seen with?
- Retinoblastoma | = Clusters of cells composed of rod/cone segments
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Is the degree of tumor differentiation associated with prognosis with a retinoblastoma?
NO | -- extraocular invasion is though
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Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (AION)
Injuries varying from ischemia to infarction of the Optic Nerve
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With Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy, describe the end results of transient partial vs. total blood flow interruptions
Transient partial => transient vision loss | Total => infarct => permanent vision loss
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Papilledema
BILATERAL optic nerve swelling
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What is the end stage of the eye?
Phthisis Bulbi

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