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Black spots before the eyes (floaters)

Eye hard to palpation.

Glaucoma attack.

Pupil fixed and dilated.

Head and eye pain.

Loss of visual acuity.

Nausea, possibly with vomiting.

Risk of blindness.

Measure intraocular pressure immediately.

 

Spontaneous (normal history).

Subconjunctival hemorrhage.

Diagnosis is unequivocal where

 

Secondary to exercise (such as

 

confirmed by patient’s history.

lifting heavy objects, pressing, defecation of hard stool) and coughing or sneezing.

Secondary to trauma or surgery.

Due to arteriosclerosis (may be recurrent in older patients).

With impaired coagulation (hemophilia or medication such as coumarin derivates).

Usually no other ocular symp-

Vitreous opacification.

Unequivocal diagnosis.

toms.

 

 

Decreased visual acuity only in

 

 

severe cases.

 

 

 

 

 

Patients are often older.

Posterior vitreous detachment.

Isolated findings are harmless.

Patient perceives veils and cur-

 

Examine fundus to exclude reti-

tains in the eye, even in the

nal defects.

dark.

 

Floaters move with the eye.

 

Flashes of light.

 

543 Symptoms Cardinal 19

Inflammatory debris in the vitreous Posterior uveitis.

Examine fundus.

 

 

body.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cardinal

Possible associated symptoms

Tentative diagnosis (probable

Further diagnostic work-up

symptoms

and findings

underlying clinical picture)

 

 

 

 

 

Decreased visual acuity

Fundus examination is indicated where visual acuity is decreased.

Transient (visual acuity improves with 24 hours, usually within one hour)

Lasts a few seconds.

Amaurosis fugax (such as in ipsi-

No abnormal ocular findings.

Darkening that may include

lateral stenosis in the internal

 

amaurosis.

carotid artery).

 

 

 

 

Poor general health.

Circulatory failure.

No abnormal ocular findings.

Visual acuity improves with improvement in general health.

Visual field defects.

Ocular migraine.

Unequivocal diagnosis.

Scintillating scotoma for 10 – 20 minutes.

Vertigo and vomiting.

 

 

 

 

Transient

Blurred vision.

Hypoglycemia.

Risk of blindness.

 

General feeling of fatigue.

 

Administer glucose. Diagnosis is

 

 

 

 

 

 

unequivocal where visual acuity

 

 

 

returns to normal as the level of

 

 

 

blood glucose increases.

 

 

 

 

Persisting longer

Unilateral loss of visual acuity.

AION: anterior ischemic optic

Determine erythrocyte sedi-

than 24 hours, sud-

Headache is possible.

neuropathy.

mentation rate and level of C-

den onset, painless.

 

 

reactive protein (precipitous

 

 

 

drops occur in temporal

 

 

 

arteritis).

 

 

 

 

Symptoms Cardinal 19 544

Mobile shadows before the

Vitreous hemorrhage.

Examine fundus. Diagnosis is

eyes.

 

unequivocal where fundus is

Allow to clear by immobilizing

 

obscured.

the eyes so that blood will

 

 

settle.

 

 

 

 

 

Severe loss of visual acuity.

Retinal detachment.

Risk of blindness.

Flashes of light.

 

Ophthalmoscopy (clearly visible

 

 

 

 

retinal detachment).

 

 

 

Pain from posterior swelling and

Retrobulbar optic neuritis.

Neurologic examination.

with eye motion.

 

 

Increasing loss of visual acuity

 

 

following exercise.

 

 

Central scotoma.

 

 

Normal findings upon ophthal-

 

 

moscopy (patient sees nothing;

 

 

examiner sees nothing).

 

 

 

 

 

Intraretinal linear hemorrhages:

Branch retinal vein occlusion.

Ophthalmoscopy (linear hemor-

In one quadrant

Hemispherical occlusion.

rhages).

In two quadrants

Central retinal vein occlusion.

Fluorescein angiography to

In four quadrants

 

differentiate ischemic from non-

 

 

ischemic type.

 

 

 

Segmental or total visual field

Central retinal artery occlusion.

Ophthalmoscopy: whitish retinal

defects.

 

edema, visible “cherry red spot”

Sudden unilateral blindness.

 

(macula).

Symptoms Cardinal 19

545

Cardinal

Possible associated symptoms

Tentative diagnosis (probable

Further diagnostic work-up

symptoms

and findings

underlying clinical picture)

 

 

 

 

 

Decreased visual acuity

Persisting longer than 24 hours, sudden onset, painless.

Patient is usually over 60.

Unilateral decrease in visual acuity.

Headaches.

Temporal artery is tender to palpation.

Cervical myalgia.

Pain when chewing.

Weight loss.

AION: anterior ischemic optic neuropathy due to arthritis in giant cell arthritis or temporal arteritis.

Risk of blindness.

Arterial biopsy and histologic examination are indicated.

Circular or segmental swelling of the optic disk will be visible upon ophthalmoscopy.

Determine erythrocyte sedimentation rate and level of C- reactive protein (heightened levels in temporal arteritis).

Unequivocal diagnosis.

Slowly increasing over a period of weeks, months, or years; painless:

Gray to white pupillary reflex.

Cataract.

Slit-lamp examination. Diagnosis is

Loss of contrast.

 

unequivocal where the opacity is

Increased glare.

 

visible under retroillumination.

 

 

 

Corneal opacification.

Chronic corneal degeneration,

Unequivocal diagnosis.

Corneal scarring.

keratopathy.

Slit-lamp examination will reveal

 

 

corneal degeneration and scar-

 

 

ring.

Slow, painless:

Central visual field defect.

Age-related macular degenera-

Fluorescein angiography.

 

Patient is usually over 65.

tion.

 

 

Blurred vision, micropsia, and

 

 

 

macropsia may be present.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increased intraocular pressure.

Primary chronic open angle glau-

Risk of blindness.

 

Visual field defects

coma.

Measure intraocular pressure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Symptoms Cardinal 19 546

 

Decreased visual acuity is typically

Fuchs’ endothelial dystrophy.

Slit-lamp examination.

 

more severe in the morning than in

 

 

 

the evening.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specifically decreased visual acuity

Myopia.

Test visual acuity.

 

in near or distance vision.

Hyperopia.

 

 

 

 

 

Painful, acute:

Whitish corneal opacification.

Acute keratoconus.

 

Red eye, hard to palpation.

Glaucoma attack.

 

Pupil fixed and dilated.

 

 

Nausea, possible with vomiting.

 

Typical conical projection of the cornea is visible under slit-lamp examination.

Risk of blindness.

Measure intraocular pressure immediately.

Central scotoma.

Retrobulbar optic neuritis.

Neurologic examination.

Increasing loss of visual acuity following exercise; pain from posterior swelling and with eye motion.

Normal findings upon ophthalmoscopy (patient sees nothing; examiner sees nothing).

Combined injection.

Uveitis.

Slit-lamp examination.

Eye pain.

Fibrin and cells in the anterior chamber.

Vitreous infiltration.

Anterior and posterior synechiae.

547 Symptoms Cardinal 19

Cardinal

Possible associated symptoms

Tentative diagnosis (probable

Further diagnostic work-up

symptoms

and findings

underlying clinical picture)

 

 

 

 

 

White pupillary reflex (leukocoria) in children

Often first noticed in photos

Retinoblastoma (whitish vitreous, retinal, or subretinal tumor) should be excluded in leukocoria.

Unilateral or bilateral.

Cataract.

Slit-lamp examination. Diagnosis is

 

 

unequivocal where lens opacity is

 

 

visible under retroillumination.

 

 

 

Up to 90% of patients are male

Coats’ disease.

Unequivocal diagnosis.

among children and teenagers.

 

 

Unilateral leukocoria (occa-

 

 

sionally combined with stra-

 

 

bismus).

 

 

Exudative retinal detachment

 

 

visible upon ophthalmoscopy.

 

 

 

 

 

Retinal detachment visible upon

Retinal detachment, for example

Unequivocal diagnosis.

ophthalmoscopy.

in retinopathy of prematurity.

 

 

 

 

Usually unilateral.

PHPV (persistent hyperplastic pri-

Ultrasound scan.

Congenital (leukocoria

mary vitreous).

 

manifests itself at birth).

 

 

Microphthalmos is usually present.

Usually unilateral (two-thirds of

Retinoblastoma (whitish vitreous,

Ophthalmoscopy also in fellow

all cases).

retinal, or subretinal tumor).

eye to exclude a bilateral retino-

May be accompanied by red

 

blastoma.

eye.

 

CT scan.

Child is usually below the age of three.

Globe is normal size.

Symptoms Cardinal 19 548

Blurred or distorted vision

Especially when fixating close or

Refraction anomaly (myopia or

Refraction testing.

remote objects.

hyperopia).

 

 

 

 

Older patients (65 and older).

Age-related macular degenera-

Ophthalmoscopy.

Gradual progressive loss of

tion.

 

visual acuity.

 

 

 

 

 

Patient under emotional of

Central serous chorioretinopathy.

Ophthalmoscopy.

physical stress.

 

 

Men in their thirties and forties are most commonly affected.

Objects appear enlarged or reduced in size.

Central relative visual field defects (patients see a dark spot).

Headaches, possibly with

Ocular migraine.

Unequivocal diagnosis.

nausea.Scintillating scotoma.

 

 

 

 

 

Permanent or worsening.

Cataract.

Slit-lamp examination will reveal

Possibly with diplopia.

 

obvious lens opacity where a cata-

Increased glare.

 

ract is present.

Gray to white pupillary reflex.

 

 

 

 

 

Narrowed or dilated pupil.

Following administration of eye-

Unequivocal diagnosis.

 

drops (miotics or mydriatics).

 

 

 

 

Fundus reflex absent or weak.

Retinal detachment.

Neurologic examination.

Patient sees shadows (a “wall”

 

CT scan.

from below or a “curtain” from

 

 

above).

 

 

 

 

 

549 Symptoms Cardinal 19

Cardinal

Possible associated symptoms

Tentative diagnosis (probable

Further diagnostic work-up

symptoms

and findings

underlying clinical picture)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blurred or dis-

Headache.

Cerebral cause (tumor or increas-

 

torted vision

Visual field defect.

ed intracranial pressure).

 

 

Diplopia.

 

 

 

Ophthalmoplegia.

 

 

 

Prominent, edematous optic

 

 

 

disk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Symptoms Cardinal 19 550

Appendix 1 Topical ophthalmic preparations

Pharmaceutical

Indications

Ocular effects and side effects

Systemic side effects

 

 

 

 

 

 

Local irritation, keratitis, allergic reac-

No known systemic effects

Acyclovir

Herpes simplex keratitis.

 

Herpes zoster ophthalmi-

tion in eyelids and conjunctiva.

from topical use.

 

cus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Atropine

Cycloplegia.

Mydriasis, angle closure glaucoma,

Confusion, tachycardia, dry

 

Uveitis.

cycloplegia, decreased visual acuity,

mouth.

 

 

increased intraocular pressure.

 

 

 

 

 

Beta blockers (timolol)

Glaucoma therapy.

Decreased intraocular pressure,

Bronchoconstriction, bradycar-

 

 

decreased visual acuity, dry eye.

dia.

 

 

 

 

Carbachol

Glaucoma therapy.

Decreased intraocular pressure, miosis,

Fever, syncope, nausea.

 

 

accommodation spasm, decreased

 

 

 

visual acuity.

 

 

 

 

 

Clonidine

Glaucoma therapy.

Decreased intraocular pressure,

Decreased blood pressure.

 

 

decreased blood supply to the head of

 

 

 

the optic nerve.

 

 

 

 

 

Cyclopentolate

Mydriatic.

Mydriasis, angle closure glaucoma,

Central nervous system dys-

 

Cycloplegic.

decreased visual acuity, increased

function, tachycardia, dry

 

 

intraocular pressure.

mouth, nausea.

 

 

 

 

Chloramphenicol

Severe ocular bacterial infec-

Local irritation, keratitis, allergic reac-

Aplastic anemia (rare).

 

tions.

tion in eyelids and conjunctiva, ker-

 

 

 

atitis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continued !

551 1 Appendix

Appendix 1 (Continued)

Pharmaceutical

Indications

Ocular effects and side effects

Systemic side effects

 

 

 

 

 

 

Local allergic reaction in eyelids and

Malaise, depression, metallic

Dorzolamide (local

Glaucoma therapy.

carbonic anhydrase

Prophylaxis against

conjunctiva.

taste.

inhibitor)

increased intraocular pres-

 

 

 

sure following laser

 

 

 

surgery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dipivefrin

Glaucoma therapy.

Decreased intraocular pressure, local

Tachycardia, cardiac arrhyth-

 

 

irritation and allergic reaction in eyelids

mia, increased blood pressure,

 

 

and conjunctiva, mydriasis, angle clo-

headaches.

 

 

sure glaucoma.

 

 

 

 

 

Epinephrine

Glaucoma therapy.

Decreased intraocular pressure, cystoid

Headaches, perspiration, syn-

 

 

macular edema.

cope.

 

 

 

 

Echothiophate

Glaucoma therapy.

Decreased intraocular pressure, miosis,

Nausea, dyspnea, bradycardia.

 

 

decreased visual acuity, accommoda-

 

 

 

tion spasm.

 

 

 

 

 

Gentamicin

Ocular bacterial infections,

 

especially Pseudomonas aer-

 

uginosa, Escherichia coli, Pro-

 

teus species, Klebsiella pneu-

 

moniae.

 

 

Local irritation and allergic reaction in

No known systemic effects

eyelids and conjunctiva, keratitis;

from topical use.

intravitreous administration may cause

 

retinal damage and atrophy of the

 

optic nerve.

 

Glucocorticoids

Anti-inflammatory therapy.

Increased intraocular pressure, poste-

Decreased plasma cortisol

 

 

rior subcapsular cataract.

levels.

 

 

 

 

1 Appendix 552