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Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
- Impinges on ocular ... Impaired extra-ocular ... Orbital #Cellulitis #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Xeropthalmia: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations

Decr Visual pigment -> Keratinization, thickening & non-wetting of the conjunctiva
Ocular Manifestations ... • Loss of the eye ... #Xeropthalmia #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Selected Differential Diagnosis of Eye Pain: Key Features and Management Options

Conjunctiva

 - Bacterial conjunctivitis

 - Viral
Differential Diagnosis of Eye ... : Key Features and ... Management Options ... #Diagnosis #Ophthalmology ... #Eye #Ocular #Pain
Trachoma: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Environmental Factors -> Bacterial infection is encouraged by poor hygiene
Transmission -> Eye-seeking ... from nasal or ocular ... Lubrication • Dry eye ... Trachoma #Chlamydia #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Onchocerciasis “River Blindness”: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations
Vectorial Transmission
-> Onchocerca volvulus, a parasitic helminth, matures in to
: Pathogenesis and ... Ocular Manifestations ... Microfilariae enter the eye ... RiverBlindness #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Periorbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Dacryoadenitis: infection of the lacrimal glands
b. Conjunctivitis: inflammation of the
Note: Eye exam ... normal: - extra-ocular ... Periorbital #Cellulitis #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Acute Closed Angle Glaucoma: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
OPHTHALMIC EMERGENCY: Early detection is essential, but most patients
present with a red eye ... Occurs in small eyes ... -> crowding of ocular ... ClosedAngle #Glaucoma #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Retinoblastoma: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Sporadic mutation -> One allele of RB1 tumor suppressor gene
: Pathogenesis and ... detachment • Red Eye ... Retinoblastoma #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Glaucoma - Emergency Department Management
- All patients should get emergency ophthalmologic consultation
- Start with eye drops
Emergency Department Management ... consultation - Start with eye ... see table below) and ... or refractory symptoms ... #Ophthalmology
Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Management - IDSA ... Complications • Ocular ... - Eye exam within ... week to assess ocular ... workup dictated by symptoms