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Trachoma: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Environmental Factors -> Bacterial infection is encouraged by poor hygiene
Pathogenesis and clinical ... of the limbal cornea ... the peripheral cornea ... Trachoma #Chlamydia #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Proptosis -> Exposes cornea ... -> Corneal drying ... Orbital #Cellulitis #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): X-ray features
 • Soft tissue swelling (best seen by comparing left & right
Rheumatoid arthritis ... at the exposed corners ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Clinical ... #Pathophysiology
Amblyopia ("Lazy Eye"): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Amblyopia => 
Interruption of visual stimulation during childhood visual development
Pathogenesis and clinical ... primary visual cortex ... Amblyopia #LazyEye #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Keratoconus: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Genetics
 • Family history of keratoconus
 • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
 • Down, Turner,
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Bilateral, asymmetric corneal ... Rizutti's Sign • Corneal ... #Keratoconus #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... SLE, Reactive arthritis ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Hyperopia: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Axial length of eye -> Short axial length of the
Pathogenesis and clinical ... of the eye (ex. cornea ... #Hyperopia #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Giant cell arteritis ... Diagnosis = clinical ... 95% of cases (Cornelia ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology ... Symptoms #Diagnosis #Management
Lewy Body Dementia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Lewy Body Dementia is a sub-category of major or mild
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Clinical manifestations ... visuospatial function Core ... features: • Rapid ... LewyBody #Dementia #pathophysiology
Astigmatism: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Astigmatism - deviation from spherical curvature of the lens or eye

Refracting power
Pathogenesis and clinical ... rule astigmatism: cornea ... different points of focus ... #astigmatism #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology