Thursday, 8 December 2016

Persistent Hyperplastic Primary Vitreous(PHPV)

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Persistent Hyperplastic Primary Vitreous(PHPV)

Cleared Controversies
Commonest complication after surgery for lens extraction in PHPV is Vitreous Hemorrhage.
Mittendorf dot and Bergmeister papillae are separate entities from PHPV

Remnants of hyaloid vessels
Bergmeister papillae
Bergmeister papillae (Common in healthy adults)
tuft of tissue at the optic disc
Mittendorf dot (Common in healthy adults)
tag of tissue on the posterior capsule of the lens
PHPV (extensive remnants)

PHPV is
Almost always unilateral
Bilaterality(rare) seen with
Trisomy 13(Patau syndrome)
Trisomy 22
Norrie's disease
Walker Warburg syndrome
MC presenting symptom
White pupillary reflex in newborn(congenital leukocoria)
Differentiating features from retinoblastoma
PHPV
Microphthalmos
No calcification on CT
Cataract
Unilaterality
No family history
Retinoblastoma
Normal(usually)/buphthalmos
Calcification present
Cataract is rare
Bilateral in one fourth cases
10% cases shows family history
Visual prognosis is
Poor despite of early intervention
Musca volitans
Residues of primitive hyaloid vasculature
Commonest complication after surgery for lens extraction in PHPV is
Vitreous Hemorrhage


Wednesday, 7 December 2016

Trachoma/Rough Eye/Egyptian Ophthalmia - Management

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Trachoma/Rough Eye/Egyptian Ophthalmia - Management


Diagnosis

  • Field diagnosis - at least 2 in 0-10yrs of age.
    • Follicles on upper tarsal conjunctiva
    • Limbal follicles or herbert pits
    • Conjunctival scarring(trichiasis,Entropion)
    • pannus

Management

  • Treatment of choice - Azithromycin 20mg/kg oral stat.
  • Current WHO Recommendations for treatment
    • District level prevalence >10% in 1-9yrs old - Mass treatment with azithromycin.
    • District level prevalence >5-10% in 1-9yrs old - targeted treatment with azithromycin(identification & treatment of all members of any family in whom one or more members have follicular trachoma).
    • District level prevalence >5% in 1-9yrs old - azithromycin not necessary.

  • Mass treatment(WHO new guidelines)(Blanket Therapy)
    • Indication - >10% prevalence of severe and moderate trachoma in <10yrs.
    • Treatment - Azithromycin.

SAFE Strategy

  • Surgery - for trichiasis
  • Antibiotics
  • Facial cleanliness
  • Environmental improvement


Tuesday, 6 December 2016

Trachoma/Rough Eye/Egyptian Ophthalmia - Classifications

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Trachoma/Rough Eye/Egyptian Ophthalmia - Classifications


MaCallan's Classification(outdated)

  • Stage I - Incipient Trachoma
  • Stage II - Established Trachoma
  • Stage III - Cicatrising Trachoma
  • Stage IV - Healed Trachoma

Stage IIa - matured follicles.
Stage IIb - marked papillary hyperplasia.

WHO classification(FISTO)

Trachomatous inflammation, follicular: five or more follicles of
at least 0.5 mm diameter on the upper tarsal plate should be
present.

Trachomatous inflammation, intense: the follicles and papillae
are so numerous and inflamed that more than 50% of the
palpebral conjunctival blood vessels cannot be seen clearly.

Trachomatous scarring: tarsal conjunctival cicatrization with white
fibrous bands

Trachomatous Trichiasis : Presence of at least one trichiatic eyelash

Trachomatous opacities : Presence of a corneal opacity covering part of the pupillary region

Jone’s Classification(outdated)




Trachoma/Rough Eye/Egyptian Ophthalmia - Clinical Features

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Trachoma/Rough Eye/Egyptian Ophthalmia  - Clinical Features


Conjunctival signs

A. large fornicial follicles                               B. Superior tarsal follicles
  • Congestion of upper tarsal and forniceal conjunctiva.
  • Conjunctival follicles - boiled sago grain like follicles.
  • characteristic feature is necrosis n leber cells(large multinucleated cells)(d/f follicular conjunctivitis).
  • Conjunctival follicle in trachoma in children shows Lymphocyte.
  • Commonly present on upper tarsal and forniceal conjunctiva.
  • Follicles on bulbar conjunctiva is pathognomonic.
  • Papillary hyperplasia(velvety appearance to tarsal conjunctiva).
  • Conjunctival scarring/Arlt’s line - linear scar in the sulcus subtarsalis.
  • Concretion - d/t dead epithelial cells,mucus in Glands of Henle.

Corneal Signs

C.peripheral corneal infiltrates                         D.superior pannus

  • Superficial keratitis.
  • Herbert follicles in limbal area.
  • Herbert pits - healed herbert follicles.
  • Pannus - infiltration with vascularization.
  • Cicatricial pannus in trachoma known as Pannus ciccus.
  • Corneal ulcer
  • Corneal opacity
            

Complications

  • Lids - entropion,tylosis,ptosis,madarosis,ankyloblepharon.
  • Conjunctival - pseudocyst,xerosis,symblepharon.
  • Corneal - ectasia,xerosis.
  • Blindness
  • Chronic dacryocystitis,chronic dacryoadenitis.
Actual cause of blindness is
corneal opacity and scarring,secondary to eyelid scarring.



Acute Mucopurulent Conjunctivitis

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Acute Mucopurulent Conjunctivitis


MC type of bacterial conjunctivitis
Acute Mucopurulent Conjunctivitis
MC causative organism
Staphylococcus aureus
CF

Discomfort or foreign body sensation,
Mucopurulent discharge,
Sticky eyes,
Matted lashes,
Slight blurring of vision,
Colored halos(sometimes)

o/e
Conjunctival congestion,
Chemosis,
Petechial hemorrhage(pneumococcal conjunctivitis

Complications
Marginal corneal ulcers,
Superficial keratitis,
Blepharitis,
dacryocystitis
Management
Topical antibiotics
No bandage,No steroids