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Filamentary Keratitis- Slit lamp examination reveals filaments (‘mucoepithelioid” strands) adherent to the corneal surface. The filaments
adherent to the corneal ... #filament #keratitis ... #Ophthalmology ... #photo #cornea
Xeropthalmia: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations

Decr Visual pigment -> Keratinization, thickening & non-wetting of the conjunctiva
Decr Visual pigment ... production -> Corneal ... conjunctiva and cornea ... #Xeropthalmia #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Positive Varus Stress Test in LCL Injury

Interesting knee injury in a young basketball player who landed
lateral collateral ligament ... posterolateral corner ... repair of the ligament ... dr.dold.md #Varus #StressTest ... lateral #collateral #ligament
Trachoma: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Environmental Factors -> Bacterial infection is encouraged by poor hygiene
of the limbal cornea ... the peripheral cornea ... fibrosis => • Corneal ... Trachoma #Chlamydia #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
Proptosis -> Exposes cornea ... -> Corneal drying ... Orbital #Cellulitis #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Amblyopia ("Lazy Eye"): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Amblyopia => 
Interruption of visual stimulation during childhood visual development
primary visual cortex ... Amblyopia #LazyEye #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Onchocerciasis “River Blindness”: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations
Vectorial Transmission
-> Onchocerca volvulus, a parasitic helminth, matures in to
stromal keratitis -> Corneal ... RiverBlindness #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Keratoconus: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Genetics
 • Family history of keratoconus
 • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
 • Down, Turner,
Bilateral, asymmetric corneal ... degeneration, and cone-shaped ... Rizutti's Sign • Corneal ... #Keratoconus #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Hyperopia: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Axial length of eye -> Short axial length of the
of the eye (ex. cornea ... #Hyperopia #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Krukenberg's Spindle - Slit Lamp Ocular Examination

Krukenberg's Spindle is a pigment deposit that can be found
Krukenberg's Spindle is a pigment ... aspect of the cornea ... patients with pigment ... Krukenbergs #Spindle #Cornea ... clinical #video #ophthalmology