Right vs left

if macula is left sided from disc its left eye


Retinal Detachment

Common presentation: Sudden, painless vision loss

Treatment:

  • Close the tears: by photocoagulation, condensation, electric coagulation
  • If total: Surgery:, Scleral buckling: Virectomy and Retinopexy

Diabetic retinopathy

Non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy: If there are exudates and hemorrhages only, with no abnormal vessels, it is

Presentation:

  • gradual painless vision loss

First Pathological changes:

  • Microaneurysm

Treatment:

  • Argon laser grid pattern
  • intravitreal injection
  • surgery

Non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy


Describe the optic Disc

Optic disc swelling

optic neuritis - unilateral swelling, acute loss of vision


Describe the veinsY


Diabetic retinopathy

  • Vitreous hemorrhage
  • Exudates
  • Microaneurysms

Pattern of Laser?:
Argon laser PRP (Panretinal Photocoagulation)

Indicated for:

  • PDR (Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy)
  • Ischemic central retinal vein occlusion

Y


Retinal Photo of diabetic patient

New neovascularization = PDR

Treatment:

  • PRP

Retinitis Pigmentosa or Pigmentary retinopathy

  • Pigmentation in periphery

Symptoms:

  • Night blidness, Tunnel vision
  • Gradual painless vision loss
  • Photopsia

Fundus - three findings

  • Optic disc wax color,
  • Bone spicule pigment deposition
  • *Attenuation or narrowing blood vessels

Treatment:

  • Genetic counseling
  • Avoiding sunlight and UV
  • Vasodilator, Vitamins
  • Supplement of taurine
  • Low vision aids
  • Grid laser coagulation is used with caution for CME

Central Retinal Artery Occlusion

Symptom

  • Gradual painless vision loss

Copmlications

  • macular edema
  • changes to ischemic type

CRVO


Central retinal artery Occlusion (Cherry red spots)

Sign:

  • Cherry red spots

Presentation:

  • Acute painless visual loss

Resuscitation of retina from 1-4 hours


Y


Optic Disc Swelling

  • Optic Disc Swelling: Needs diagnosis based on cause.

  • Differentiating Causes: Check if Unilateral or Bilateral & check Vision.

  • If Bilateral Swelling + Normal Vision (Early):

    • Likely Papilledema (due to ↑ Intracranial Pressure).
    • Usually no pain with eye movement.
    • Look for headache, nausea. Needs neuro-imaging.
  • If Unilateral Swelling (or Normal Disc) + Acute Vision Loss + Pain with Eye Movement:

    • Likely Optic Neuritis (Inflammation).
    • Vision affected early and significantly. Color vision often poor.
    • Needs investigation (e.g., MRI) for causes like MS.
  • Difference:

    • Papilledema = Pressure problem, typically bilateral, vision okay initially.
    • Optic Neuritis = Inflammation problem, typically unilateral, vision poor early, often painful eye movement.

Central retinal vein occlusion

all of the following are a complication of this case EXCEPT ?

  • A) ischemia
  • B) Macular edema
  • C) Neovascular glaucoma
  • D) cataract

Male nondiabetic patient aged 75 years old presented by this picture in the left eye

What is treatment in this condition? Intravitreal injection of AVGF

  • Fundus:

    • Dry: drusen, RPE change
    • Wet: gray-yellow CNV under retina of posterior pole, associated with dark red subretinal hemorrhage, which covers CNV sometimes
  • FFA: CNV leakage, bleeding

  • Nonexudate:

    • Drusen
    • RPE atrophy
    • Degeneration of photoreceptor
    • Choroid capillary atrophy

  • Exudate:
    • Drusen
    • Damage of Bruch’s membrane
    • CNV - corroidal new vessels
    • Disciform scar formation under macula, bleeding and leakage of CNV


Optic neuritis

What is correct about this condition? Direct Pupil response is affected


Progressive optic neuropathy


treatment? Laser and intravitreal injection.


AAION: Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy

  • Mean age of onset: 70 years
  • Headache is the most common symptom.
  • Rheumatic myalgia (poly myalgia rheumatica)
  • Scalp tenderness
  • Jaw claudication
  • Malaise, anorexia, weight loss, low-grade fever
  • Severe visual loss, developing over hours to days.
  • Pallid disc edema (chalky white appearance of the disc)
  • Disc of fellow eye: normal