Lists the clinical signs seen in retinal disease, including preretinal, intraretinal (flame-shaped and dot-blot) and subretinal haemorrhages, soft and hard exudates, oedema, pigmentation and vascular change. It then sets out symptoms by location, separating macular problems such as reduced acuity, metamorphopsia, micropsia and macropsia from peripheral ones such as photopsia, field defects, night blindness and floaters.
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Topic 59 of 91 in the MU Sofia syllabus for Ophthalmology (Medicine, Year 4). The free AceMed note covers it in 1 section, about 67 words (1 min of reading), with 12 flashcards.
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Signs and symptoms of retinal disease.
Signs and symptoms of retinal disease.
Signs in retinal diseases:
Haemorrhages
Preretinal
Intraretinal: Flame-shaped, “dot-blot”
Subretinal
Exudates
Soft
Hard
Retinal oedema
Pigmentation
Vascular alteration
Symptoms:
Macula
↓ VA
Metamorphopsia-distortion of perceived images
Micropsia-decrease of image size caused by spreading apart of foveal cones
Macropsia – increase in image size due to crowding together of foveal cones
Retinal periphery
Photopsia
A visual field defect
Nyctalopia – night blind vision
Floaters – moving vitreous opacities
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