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What is this?

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Preceptal Cellulitis

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What things are shown here?

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Eyelid and periocular edema

Chemosis

Epibulbar injection

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What is shown here?

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Proptosis

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What is shown?

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Dystopia: Displaced eye

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What is shown?

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Ophthalmoplegia: Misalignment of the eyes due to muscle innervation problems

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What might orbital pulsation be caused by?

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Cavernous sinus fistula

Defect in orbital roof transmitted via CSF

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What is orbital pulsation?

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Subtle pulsing at slit lamp or exaggeratied IOP “pulse”

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What might be causes of bruit?

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Carotid-cavernous fistula

Carotis stenosis in CVA

A-V malformations

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What is imaged here?

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Choroidal Folds

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What is imaged here?

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Disc edema

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What is shown here?

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Optic Atrophy

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What is ocular auscultation?

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Using the bell of a stethoscope over the closed eye to listen for higher pitced sound in one eye than in the other.

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What is a dense fibrous sheath acting as a barrier between orbit and eyelid?

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Orbital septum

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What does the orbital septum do?

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Limits infection

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Where does the orbital septum originate?

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Periosteum of superior and inferior orbital rims

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Where does the orbital septum insert?

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Into the levator aponeurosis, just above the superior tarsal border

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What is this?

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Preceptal cellulitis

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Is preceptal cellulitis involved with:

A) Only upper lid

B) Upper and lower lid

C) Lower lid

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B) Upper and lower lid

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What symptoms coincide with preceptal cellulitis?

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Red, tender, edematous lids

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What are important symptoms to note are not associated with preceptal cellulitis?

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Proptosis, chemosis, vision change, pupillary involvement, fever, EOM restriction

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What bacteria usually causes preceptal cellulitis?

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Staph aureus

Strep pyogenes

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Which bacteria usually causes preseptal cellulitis in children?

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H. influenzae

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What things causes allow the bacteria inside to cause preseptal cellulitis?

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Laceration

Insect bite

Infection spread from hordeolum

Dacrocystitis

Sinusitis

Conjunctivitis

UR or middle ear infection

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If any of: proptosis, chemosis, vision change, pupillary involvement, fever or EOM restriction are noted along with red, tender edematous lids, would you suspect preseptal cellulitis, or orbital cellulitis?

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Orbital cellulitis

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How if afebrile, mild preseptal cellulitis best treated in adults?

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Oral antibiotic for 10 days

Ex:

Augmentin 500mg p0 q8h

Cefaclor 250-500mg po q8h

Bactrim or moxifloxacin if allergic to penicillin

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How is afebrile preseptal cellulitis treated in children under 5?

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Augmentin 20-40 mg/kg/day po

Cefaclor 20-40 mg/kg/day po

Bactrim (trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole) if allergic to penicillin

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With moderate to sever, febrile preseptal cellulitis in a child under 5, what should be done?

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Hospital admission for IV antibiotics

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What is orbital cellulitis?

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A life-threatening infectio of soft tissue behind the orbital septum

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Orbital cellulitis is ___ (better, worse) in children than in adults.

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Worse

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Which bacteria are usually the cause of orbital cellulitis?

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S. pneumoniae

S. aureus

S. pyogenes

H. influenzae

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What symptoms are commonly seen in orbital cellulitis?

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Proptosis

Pain with EOM restriction

Fever

Malaise

Visual imparment (if optic nerve involved)

APD

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What are the potential complications of orbital cellulitis?

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Meningitis

Brain abscess

Cavernous sinus thrombosis

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If orbital cellulitis is deemed emergent, what should be done?

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Hospital admission, IV ceftazidime (or vancomycin) + oral metronidazole (anerobes)

34
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What is this?

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Chalazion

35
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What is dacryoadenitis?

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Most commonly an inflammaotory lacrimal gland disease. May also be an autoimmune disease

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Idiopathis dacryoadenitis makes up __% of the leasions.

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50%

37
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Comorbidity is frequent with which type of dacryoadenitis?

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Autoimmune

38
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Dacryoadenitis is unilateral __% of the time.

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80%

39
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Bilateral, painless swelling describes which dacryoadenitis?

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Autoimmune dacryoadenitis

40
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Which is the least common type of dacryoadenitis?

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Neoplastic dacryoadenitis

41
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What symptomes are associated with neoplastic dacryoadenitis?

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Unilateral palpable mass

Dystopia

Proptosis

Low incidence of: pain, redness

Lymphocytic infiltration in elderly

Pleomorphic adenoma in young

Carcinoma - middle age, rare w/ high mortality

42
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What is this?

A

Dacryoadenitis

43
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What may occur with lymphocytic infiltration of the lacrimal gland?

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Can change from benign hyperplasia to malignant lymphoma

44
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What is a common sign of lymphocytic infiltration of the lacrimal gland?

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Subconjunctival salmon patch extension

45
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What is this?

A

Infectious dacryoadenitis

46
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What are some symptoms of infectious dacryoadenitis?

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Pain

Erythema

Edema of lateral upper lid - “S” curve

47
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What age group usually is seen with infectious dacryoadenitis?

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Children and young adults, typically

48
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Viral infectious dacryoadenitis is usually caused by which diseases?

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Epstein-Barr (mono)

Mumps

Adenovirus

Herpes zoster

Herpes simplex

Rhinovirus

49
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What age group usually gets viral infectious dacryoadenitis? Bacterial?

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Viral - under 40

Bacterial - over 40 (rare)

50
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Which bacteria are usually the cause of bacterial infectious dacryoadenitis?

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Staph

MRSA

Strep

H. Influenzae

Gonorrhea

51
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What is a primary risk factor for Grave’s ophthalmopathy?

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Smoking

52
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What is the etiology of Grave’s autoimmunity?

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Attack of TSH receptor by TSH receptor auto-antibodies

Abnormal circulating T3/T4 levels (TSH causes release of these)

53
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What signs are noted here?

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Proptosis

Lid retraction

Conjunctival hyperemia

Periorbital edema

All from Graves’ Ophthalmopathy

54
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What is Dalrymple’s Sign?

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Lid retraction

55
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What is Von Graefe’s sign?

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Lid lag

56
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What is idiopathic orbital inflammatory disease?

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Non-infective, non-neoplastic, space-occupying lesions. Generally unilateral

57
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Idiopathic orbital inflammatory disease, though usually unilateral, may be bilateral in ___.

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Children

58
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What are some common signs and sypmtoms of idiopathic orbital inflammatory disease?

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Periorbital redness, swelling, pain

Proptosis, ophthalmoplegia

May have optic nerve involvement

59
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What is the treatment for mild idiopathic orbital inflammatory disease?

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Observation…

60
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What are the treatments for idiopathic orbital inflammatory disease?

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Biopsy to rule out neoplasia

NSAID - Ibuprofen 100-400 mg tid

Oral steroids 60-80 mg/day after confirmed Dx

Radiotherapy if no improvement

Antimetabolites (methotrexate) if no improvement

61
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What is this?

A

Orbital Myositis

62
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What is this?

A

Idiopathis orbital inflammatory disease (IOID)

63
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What is this?

A

Orbital myositis

64
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What signs/symptoms are expected in orbital myositis?

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Pain exacerbated by eye movement

Diplopia - restricted EOM

Injection over involved muscle

Lide edema, ptosis

Fibrosed muscle enlargement

65
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What are treatments for orbital myositis?

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NSAID - Ibuprofen 100-400mg tid 3 weeks

Oral steroids if persisting (40-60mg qd, tapered 1-4 wk)

66
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What is Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome?

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Rare, idiopathic, granulomatous inflammation of the cavernous sinus, superior fissure, orbital apex

67
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What may Tolosa-Hunt syndrome cause?

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Mild proptosis

Oculomotor nerve palsies, usually with pupil involvement

*Sensory loss of V1, V2 of trigeminal nerve

68
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What is the treatment for Tolosa-Hunt syndrome?

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Steroids

69
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What is this?

A

Carotid Cavernous Fistula

70
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What signs/symptoms are associated with cavernous sinus fistula?

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Elevated venous sinus and episcleral venous pressure

Hemorrhagic chemosis

Pulsatile proptosis, whooshing noise in the head, bruit

Increased IOP with exaggerated “ocular pulse”

Vision loss and neuro impact - immediate or delayed; mostly CN VI, some III, IV, V

71
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What is this?

A

Conjunctivochalasis

72
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What is dacryocystography (DCG) used for?

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To identify the site of obstruction of the drainage system

73
Q

What is this?

A

Dacryocystitis

74
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What signs/symptoms are associated with dacryocystitis?

A

Pain

Epiphora

75
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What is the treatment for dacryocystitis?

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Warm compresses

Oral antibiotics - Children: augmentin 20-40 mg/kg/day, or cefaclor 20-40 mg/kg/day

Oral antibiotics - adults: cephalexin 500 mg po q6h, or augmentin 500 mg po q8h

Topical antibiotics (in addition) - trimethoprim/polymyxin B qid

76
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For which disease is probing contraindicated?

A

Dacryocystitis

77
Q

What is this?

A

Chronic canaliculitis

78
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What are the signs/symptoms of chronic canaliculitis?

A

Swelling

Mucopurulent discharge

79
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What are the two congenital conditions?

A

Nasolacrimal duct obstruction

Dacryocele

80
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What is a dacryocele?

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Collection of amniotic fluid or mucus in lacrimal sac, due to imperforate valve of Hasner