What is the MC type of macular degeneration?
Dry (progressive, over decades)
True or False: Wet macular degeneration is not as common as dry, but is more aggressive?
True. It progresses within months
Symptoms of macular degeneration
What is seen on funduscopic examination for dry macular degeneration?
Drusen bodies: small round yellow white spots on the outer retina
What is seen on funduscopic exam for wet (exudative) macular degeneration?
-New abnormal vessels that can cause retinal hemorrhages and scarring
What are three ways to diagnose and monitor macular degeneration?
Management of dry macular degeneration
- Amsler grid to monitor stability
Management of wet macular degeneration
What is the MCC of new, permanent vision loss in 20-74 year olds
Diabetic retinopathy
What are the two types of diabetic retinopathy?
Nonproliferative and proliferative
What are some exam findings of a patient with nonproliferative (background) Diabetic retinopathy?
What are some exam findings of a patient with proliferative diabetic retinopathy?
-Neovascularization: growth of new abnormal blood vessels that can lead to vitreous hemorrhage
Treatment for nonproliferation diabetic retinopathy?
Strict glucose control, laser treatment
Treatment for proliferative diabetic retinopathy
How often are diabetic eye exams performed to detect retinopathy?
Annually
What is hypertensive retinopathy?
Damage to retinal blood vessels from longstanding high blood pressure
Explain the difference in severity in a patient with copper wiring and silver wiring with hypertensive retinopathy?
Copper wiring: moderate narrowing
Silver wiring: severe narrowing
What is seen with severe (Grade IV) hypertensive retinopathy?
What are some risk factors for a retinal detachment
MC type of retinal detachment
Rhegmatogenous: full thickness tear causes retinal inner sensory layer to detach from choroid plexus
What type of retinal detachment is a result of proliferative diabetic retinopathy, sickle cell disease, or trauma?
Tractional: adhesions separate the retina from its base
Symptoms of a retinal detachment
What diagnostic study is done to detect a retinal detachment?
Funduscopy
What is seen on funduscopy with a retinal detachment?
Shafer’s Sign: clumping of brown pigment vitreous cells in the anterior vitreous humor resembling “tobacco dust”