Ocular Pathology Flashcards
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A. Tunics/coats:
1. Fibrous (______, ______) = ______, ______, light _______
2. Vascular - Uveal (_____, ______ _____, _______) = _______ & vascular
* Light _______, _______
* ______
* ______ removal
3. Nervous (_____, _____ nerve) = ____ and _____ signaling to brain
B. Aqueous humor, lens, vitreous humor
* Light _______
* ________ pressure
A. Tunics/coats:
1. Fibrous (corneal, sclera) = shape, protection, light refraction
2. Vascular - Uveal (iris, ciliary body, choroid) = pigmented & vascular
* Light reflection, scattering
* Nutrition
* Waste removal
3. Nervous (retina, optic nerve) = electric and chemical signaling to brain
B. Aqueous humor, lens, vitreous humor
* Light refraction
* Internal pressure
General considerations
Clinical expressions of disease
– Blindness resulting from:
* alterations in the _____, _____, _______
* damage to the _______, optic ______
* _________ lesions on the brain
– Conjunctival discharge
– Swelling and pain
- Swelling of the eyelids/conjunctiva ?
– Sensitivity to light
General considerations
Clinical expressions of disease
– Blindness resulting from:
* alterations in the cornea, lens, humors
* damage to the retina, optic nerve
* extraocular lesions on the brain
– Conjunctival discharge
– Swelling and pain
- Swelling of the eyelids/conjunctiva ?
– Sensitivity to light
General considerations
Clinical expressions of disease
– Excessive (_______) or decreased _________
– ________ of the cornea or lens
– __________
– __________
– _______________
– __________
– _________ and _________
General considerations
Clinical expressions of disease
– Excessive (epiphora) or decreased lacrimation
– Opacity of the cornea or lens
– Exophthalmos
– Proptosis
– Buphthalmos
– Enophthalmos
– Hyphema and Hypopyon
What are each of the conditions below?
Left = Bupthalmus (enlargement of the eye)
- clinical sign of glaucoma in young animals b/c in young animals, sclera is still thin so it allows the eye to increase in size.
- Not in older animals
Middle = Proptosis (more severe condition of Exopthalmus)
- Could be a fracture; anything that is a space occupying lesion in the orbit
Right = Exopthalmus (protrusion of the eye)
- immune mediated polymyositis
Cattle: very common for them to have exopthalmus secondary to bovine leukemia virus
Name the conditions pictured below:
Left = Hyphema
- Hemorrhage in anterior chamber
- Differentials: Hypertension (felline hyperthyroidism, chronic kidney disease)
Right = Hypophon
- Discoloration due to neutrophils and fibrin in anterior chamber
- Differentials: Secondary to bacterial infection or ulcer or uveitis
What condition is pictured below?
Congenital and hereditary anomaly
Condition: Microphthalmia
Teratogens (any agent that causes malformation during embryogenesis): infectious, nutritional, genetic
Defective cell signaling during organogenesis –> blindness (unilateral or bilateral)
Not common
What conditions are pictured below?
Cyclopia and synophthalmos (sub of cyclopia)
Cyclopia and synophthalmos
* Craniofacial malformations
* Classic:
* Sheep grazing on Veratrum californicum within ___ to ___ days of gestation when normally the ________ is supposed to separate; prevents separation of ______ (_______).
* Alkaloid cyclopamine and jervine
Cyclopia and synophthalmos
* Craniofacial malformations
* Classic:
* Sheep grazing on Veratrum californicum day _____ within 14 to 15 days of gestation - sepration of proecenphalos occurs; prevents separation of proencephalos (holoprosencephalos).
* Alkaloid cyclopamine and jervine
Embryonic vasculature
Staets with the arloid artery = anterior lens, iris, cornea
What condition is pictured below?
persistent pupillary membrane = failure of blood vessels to regress
- very common in cats
- regresses 2-4 weeks after birth
Name the condition below:
* ________ membrane is a vascular fetal structure that covers the _____ during
development
* Usually _______ (__-___ weeks after birth)
* ______/_________ strands across pupil
* ___-to-____
* ____-to-___
* ___-to-____
* Not ______, don’t _____ or affect vision
Persistent pupillary membrane (he said to remember this)
* Pupillary membrane is a vascular fetal structure that covers the pupil during
development
* Usually regresses (2-4 weeks after birth)
* Uveal/vascularized strands across pupil
* Iris-to-iris
* Iris-to-lens
* Iris-to-cornea
* Not painful, don’t progress or affect vision
Cornea
1. The epithelium is made up of?
2. What are the spaces below indicative of?
3. The Decements membrane is produced by?
4. The corneal epithelium and superficial stroma are suppled by?
5. The endothelium, Desements membrane and deep stroma are supplied by?
- stratified squ epi = non keratinized
- spaces are artifact, not edema
- decemet = a basemet mebrane produ ed by corneal endothelium
- epi and superfical stroma = supplied by the tear film to irrigate and provide oxygen
- stroma, desmet, endo = provided by aqueous humor
Cornea
1. What are the acute responses to injury? e.g. keratitis
- What are the Chronic responses to injury? e.g. keratitis
Cornea
1. What are the acute responses to injury? e.g. keratitis
- Edema –> neutor = acute, lymphocytic= chronic
- Inflammation - keratitis
- What are the Chronic responses to injury? e.g. keratitis
- Vascularization
- Pigmentation
- Fibrosis
What can be seen in the images below?
Right = chronic response to injury
- inflammation, vascularization, and pigmentation
Left = normal
Label the image below
See below
What can be seen in the images below?
Opacity of cornea, a lot of blood vessels.
- vascularization of cornea
Middle = pigmentation of cornea
Healing =
Keratitis = Cornea is most susceptible
1. Irritation
* Entropion = eyelid is turned ______ so ______ rub cornea and damage it , eyelid masses, particulate material
2. Desiccation (improper ________ of cornea)/exposure
* Lagophthalmos = incomplete or abnormal ______ of the eyelids (_______ breeds = _____ eyes)
* Buphthalmos (e.g., ______) can lead to _______
* Exophthalmos (e.g., orbital ______)
3. Repeated corneal ________
4. Trauma
5. Infectious (?)
6. Immune-mediated (certain k9 breeds: _____ in German Shepherd)
Keratitis = Cornea is most susceptible
1. Irritation
* Entropion = eyelid is turned inward so eyelashes rub cornea and damage it , eyelid masses, particulate material
2. Desiccation (improper lubrication of cornea)/exposure
* Lagophthalmos = incomplete or abnormal closure of the eyelids (brachycephalic breeds = bulging eyes)
* Buphthalmos (e.g., glaucoma) can lead to lagophthalmos
* Exophthalmos (e.g., orbital masses)
3. Repeated corneal ulceration
4. Trauma
5. Infectious (Bacteria, fungi, Moraxella bovis, Feline herpesvirus-1)
6. Immune-mediated (certain k9 breeds: pannus in German Shepherd)
Keratitis
Acute
* Inflammatory cells: ________ (red arrows), leading to _____
* ________ release enzymes –> Keratomalacia = “______ ulcer”; severe inflammation of _____ –> ______
* Proteases, metalloproteinases
* Endogenous (________)
* Exogenous (__________ = bacteria, fungi = ______ causes kerato)
Keratitis
Acute
* Inflammatory cells: Neutrophils (red arrows), leading to edema
* Neutrophils release enzymes –> Keratomalacia = “melting ulcer”; severe inflammation of cornea –> liquefaction
* Proteases, metalloproteinases
* Endogenous (inflammation)
* Exogenous (Pseudomonas = bacteria, fungi = proteases causes kerato)
Chronic kerattiis
* Chronic
*Cells seen on histo : ______/_____ – > inflammation
*“skin-like” (___________)
Acanthosis/melanosis/vascularization/inflammation/stromal scarring
____________ of epithelium
___________
Chronic kerattiis
* Chronic
*L/P inflammation
*“skin-like” (epidermalization)
Acanthosis/melanosis/vascularization/inflammation/stromal scarring
Hyperplasia of epithelium
pigmentation
Name the condition below:
* A.k.a. ____________
* Chronic or acute?
* Progressive or regressive?
* Unilateral or bilateral?
* _________-mediated
* _____ light lead to modification of cornea-specific antigens; Dogs that live in ___ altitude regions
* Can happen in _____ dog: ++________ _____
- Note the fleshy gray-pink superficial tissue in the ______ ______ and the ________ ______
Chronic superficial keratitis/ keratoconjunctivitis
* A.k.a. pannus
* Chronic, progressive, bilateral, immune-mediated
* UV light lead to modification of cornea-specific antigens; Dogs that live in high altitude regions
* Can happen in any dog: ++German Shepherd
- Note the fleshy gray-pink superficial tissue in the lateral limbus and the anterior cornea. There is NO ulceration (said very important). responds very well to corticosteroid therapy.
sclera is white tissue and then starts to move to center of eye.
Name the condition below:
* A.k.a. __________ ulcer, _______ ________ corneal epithelial defects (SCCED)
* ______ to _____ age of ____ dog, but seen mainly in boxers
* ____-healing (____ to heal) _______ corneal erosion (_______ or ______ by trauma).
* Poor epithelial adhesion to ______
* Histo (keratectomy):
* Non-adherent _________ epithelium
* Clefts between _________ and _______
Boxer ulcer
* A.k.a. Indolent ulcer, spontaneous chronic corneal epithelial defects (SCCED)
* Middle to older age of any dog, but seen mainly in boxers
* Non-healing (slow to heal) superficial corneal erosion (spontaneous or triggered by
trauma)
* Poor epithelial adhesion to stroma
* Histo (keratectomy):
* Non-adherent hyperplastic epithelium
* Clefts between epithelium and stroma
Name the condition below:
* Seen in what species?
* _________ cause and pathogenesis
* Proliferative or regressive?/______ lesions/_____ material
* Cytology: ______ cells, _____ cells, _______, granules…
________ mediated disease –> corticosteroids
DDx: ??
Eosinophilic keratitis
* Cats and horses
* Unknown cause and pathogenesis
* Proliferative/placoid lesions/white material
* Cytology: epithelial cells, mast cells, eosinophils, granules…
Immune mediated disease –> corticosteroids
DDx: ??
Name the condition below:
* Mainly seen in what species?
* Breed predisposition (________, ________)
* Cause _________: Hx of _______ disease: injury (________) and _______
* _______ pigmentation (______ to ______)
* ________ hyalinization (______ of stroma; can be _______ or _______ ulcer)
* Prone to __________ colonization
Corneal sequestrum
* Cats
* Breed predisposition (Persian, Siamese)
* Cause unknown: Hx of corneal disease: injury (trauma) and FeHV-1
* Stromal pigmentation (amber to black)
* Stromal hyalinization (necrosis of stroma; can be spontaneous or corneal ulcer)
* Prone to bacterial colonization