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Vitreous/Retina Basics
Ocular Disease III-Final Exam
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Medical
Graduate
04/16/2013

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Term
4 Attachments of the Vitreous
Definition
Lens (Weiger's adhesion)
Vitreous base (pars plana)
Optic Disc margin
Macular area
Term
What vitreal condition is characterized by reflective yellow-white spheres in the vitreous, asymptomatic
Definition
Asteriod hyalosis (Benson's dz)
Term
Name 3 systemic conditions associated with asteroid hyalosis
Definition
Diabetes (30%)
Hypertension (60%)
Vascular Disease (30%)
Term
Freely floating flat crystals of cholesterol in the vitreous, associated with severe eye disease
Definition
Synchisis scintillans (cholesterolosis bulbi)
Term
Another term for red-brown pigmented cells in the vitreous
Definition
Shaffer's sign / Tobacco dusting
Term
Which condition is a result of proliferation of glial cells onto ILM and occurs in 75% of PVD cases
Definition
Epiretinal membrane
Term
The 4 categories of vitreous detachment
Definition
Complete PVD w collapse
Complete PVD w/o collapse
Incomplete PVD w collapse
Anterior vitreous detachment
Term
Correlate PVD and retinal tears
Definition
80% of pts with a retinal tear also have a PVD
Term
Clinical term for failure of primary vitreous to regress
Definition
Persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous (PHPV)
Term
Management of Anterior PHPV
Definition
Surgical intervention
Term
Characteristics of posterior PHPV
Definition
vitreous membranes, vitreoretinal adhesions, peripapillary RPE changes, pale hypoplastic disc
Term
DDX of Posterior PHPV
Definition
Retinopathy of Preamaturity
Term
Name 4 Iatrogenic Vitreous Changes
Definition
Posterior vitreous detachment
Vitrectomy
Vitreal prolapse
Vitreal hemorrhage
Term
Which benign peripheral retinal finding is associated with retinoschisis
Definition
Cystoid degeneration
Term
Another name for chorioretinal degeneration
Definition
Pigmentary degeneration
Term
Which part of the retina is commonly affected by pavingstone degeneration
Definition
Inferior Temporal retina
Term
Peripheral retinal finding described as 'bone-spicule' like RPE mottling
Definition
Reticular Pigmentary Degeneration
Term
What age group is Reticular Pigmentary Degeneration found in
Definition
Elderly patients
Term
Generaly location in retina of Reticular Pigmentary Degeneration
Definition
mid-periphery
Term
Another term for equatorial drusen
Definition
Peripheral drusen
Term
How many stages does snowfloake degeneration have
Definition
4 stages
Term
The rhegmatogenous retinal findings discussed are more common in what populations
Definition
African Americans
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