Pterygium - Revision history

Michael at 15:02, 9 June 2016

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	*Pronounced: "tuh-rij-ee-uhm".<ref>URL: [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pterygium http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pterygium]. Accessed on: 20 October 2011</ref>		*Pronounced: "tuh-rij-ee-uhm".<ref>URL: [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pterygium http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pterygium]. Accessed on: 20 October 2011</ref>
	*Conjunctiva lesion that covers part of the sclera.		*Conjunctiva lesion that covers part of the sclera.
	**Sclera = white part of the eye.<ref>URL: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002006/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002006/]. Accessed on: 20 October 2011.</ref>		**[[Sclera]] = white part of the eye.<ref>URL: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002006/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002006/]. Accessed on: 20 October 2011.</ref>
	*Benign.		*Benign.
	*Due to ultraviolet light exposure, i.e. sunlight.<ref name=pmid2695353>{{Cite journal \| last1 = Hill \| first1 = JC. \| last2 = Maske \| first2 = R. \| title = Pathogenesis of pterygium. \| journal = Eye (Lond) \| volume = 3 ( Pt 2) \| issue = \| pages = 218-26 \| month = \| year = 1989 \| doi = 10.1038/eye.1989.31 \| PMID = 2695353 \| URL = http://www.nature.com/eye/journal/v3/n2/abs/eye198931a.html }}</ref>		*Due to ultraviolet light exposure, i.e. sunlight.<ref name=pmid2695353>{{Cite journal \| last1 = Hill \| first1 = JC. \| last2 = Maske \| first2 = R. \| title = Pathogenesis of pterygium. \| journal = Eye (Lond) \| volume = 3 ( Pt 2) \| issue = \| pages = 218-26 \| month = \| year = 1989 \| doi = 10.1038/eye.1989.31 \| PMID = 2695353 \| URL = http://www.nature.com/eye/journal/v3/n2/abs/eye198931a.html }}</ref>

Michael: /* Microscopic */

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Microscopic

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	**Dense gray/light brown acellular material.		**Dense gray/light brown acellular material.
	*Dilated vessels.<ref name=uic_edu>URL: [http://www.uic.edu/depts/mcpt/eyepath/specco4.htm http://www.uic.edu/depts/mcpt/eyepath/specco4.htm]. Accessed on: 25 October 2011.</ref>		*Dilated vessels.<ref name=uic_edu>URL: [http://www.uic.edu/depts/mcpt/eyepath/specco4.htm http://www.uic.edu/depts/mcpt/eyepath/specco4.htm]. Accessed on: 25 October 2011.</ref>

			Note:
			*Goblet cells within the squamous epithelium are expected; normal [[conjunctiva]] has goblet cells.

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	Image:Pterygium_-_high_mag.jpg \| Pterygium - high mag. (WC/Nephron)		Image:Pterygium_-_high_mag.jpg \| Pterygium - high mag. (WC/Nephron)
	</gallery>		</gallery>

	==Sign out==		==Sign out==
	===Right eye===		===Right eye===

Michael: /* Gross */

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	*Medial aspect of eye - covers sclera (white part) and part of the iris (coloured part).		*Medial aspect of eye - covers sclera (white part) and part of the iris (coloured part).

	Image:		===Image===
	*[http:~~//trialx~~.~~com/curebyte/2011/05/31/what-does-pterygium-look-like/~~ Pterygium ~~- gross~~ (~~trialx.com~~)].		<gallery>
			Image:Pterygium (from Michigan Uni site, CC-BY).jpg \|Pterygium. (WC/Jonathan Trobe)
			</gallery>

	==Microscopic==		==Microscopic==

Michael: +infobox

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			{{ Infobox diagnosis
			\| Name = {{PAGENAME}}
			\| Image = Pterygium_-_high_mag.jpg
			\| Width =
			\| Caption = Pterygium. [[H&E stain]].
			\| Synonyms = surfer eye
			\| Micro = hyaline material beneath epithelium, elastic fibres beneath the hyaline material, +/-inflammation, [[solar elastosis]], dilated [[blood vessels]]
			\| Subtypes =
			\| LMDDx = squamous dysplasia, [[squamous cell carcinoma]]
			\| Stains =
			\| IHC =
			\| EM =
			\| Molecular =
			\| IF =
			\| Gross =
			\| Grossing =
			\| Site = [[eye]] - more specifically ''conjunctiva''
			\| Assdx =
			\| Syndromes =
			\| Clinicalhx = sun exposure
			\| Signs =
			\| Symptoms =
			\| Prevalence = common
			\| Bloodwork =
			\| Rads =
			\| Endoscopy =
			\| Prognosis = benign
			\| Other = [[pinguecula]] considered early pterygium by some
			\| ClinDDx =
			\| Tx = excision
			}}
	'''Pterygium''' is a common benign pathology of the [[eye]]. It is also known as '''surfer eye'''.		'''Pterygium''' is a common benign pathology of the [[eye]]. It is also known as '''surfer eye'''.

Michael at 17:11, 6 October 2015

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	'''Pterygium''' is a common benign pathology of the [[eye]]. It is also known as '''surfer eye'''.		'''Pterygium''' is a common benign pathology of the [[eye]]. It is also known as '''surfer eye'''.

	It is similar to [[pinguecula]] and Raizada ''et al.''<ref name=pmid1031388>{{Cite journal \| last1 = Raizada \| first1 = IN. \| last2 = Bhatnagar \| first2 = NK. \| title = Pinguecula and pterygium (a histopathological study). \| journal = Indian J Ophthalmol \| volume = 24 \| issue = 2 \| pages = 16-8 \| month = Jul \| year = 1976 \| doi = \| PMID = 1031388 \| URL = http://www.ijo.in/text.asp?2007/55/1/83/29517 }}</ref> suggest ''pinguecula'' is an early [[pterygium]]; however, this is disputed.		It is similar to [[pinguecula]] and Raizada ''et al.''<ref name=pmid1031388>{{Cite journal \| last1 = Raizada \| first1 = IN. \| last2 = Bhatnagar \| first2 = NK. \| title = Pinguecula and pterygium (a histopathological study). \| journal = Indian J Ophthalmol \| volume = 24 \| issue = 2 \| pages = 16-8 \| month = Jul \| year = 1976 \| doi = \| PMID = 1031388 \| URL = http://www.ijo.in/text.asp?2007/55/1/83/29517 }}</ref> suggest ''pinguecula'' is an early pterygium; however, this is disputed.

	==General==		==General==

Michael at 17:11, 6 October 2015

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	'''Pterygium''' is a common benign pathology of the [[eye]]. It is also known as '''surfer eye'''.		'''Pterygium''' is a common benign pathology of the [[eye]]. It is also known as '''surfer eye'''.

			It is similar to [[pinguecula]] and Raizada ''et al.''<ref name=pmid1031388>{{Cite journal \| last1 = Raizada \| first1 = IN. \| last2 = Bhatnagar \| first2 = NK. \| title = Pinguecula and pterygium (a histopathological study). \| journal = Indian J Ophthalmol \| volume = 24 \| issue = 2 \| pages = 16-8 \| month = Jul \| year = 1976 \| doi = \| PMID = 1031388 \| URL = http://www.ijo.in/text.asp?2007/55/1/83/29517 }}</ref> suggest ''pinguecula'' is an early [[pterygium]]; however, this is disputed.

	==General==		==General==

Michael: split out

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split out

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	~~#redirect~~ [[Eye#Pterygium]]		'''Pterygium''' is a common benign pathology of the [[eye]]. It is also known as '''surfer eye'''.

			==General==
			*Pronounced: "tuh-rij-ee-uhm".<ref>URL: [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pterygium http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pterygium]. Accessed on: 20 October 2011</ref>
			*Conjunctiva lesion that covers part of the sclera.
			**Sclera = white part of the eye.<ref>URL: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002006/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002006/]. Accessed on: 20 October 2011.</ref>
			*Benign.
			*Due to ultraviolet light exposure, i.e. sunlight.<ref name=pmid2695353>{{Cite journal \| last1 = Hill \| first1 = JC. \| last2 = Maske \| first2 = R. \| title = Pathogenesis of pterygium. \| journal = Eye (Lond) \| volume = 3 ( Pt 2) \| issue = \| pages = 218-26 \| month = \| year = 1989 \| doi = 10.1038/eye.1989.31 \| PMID = 2695353 \| URL = http://www.nature.com/eye/journal/v3/n2/abs/eye198931a.html }}</ref>

			==Gross==
			*Medial aspect of eye - covers sclera (white part) and part of the iris (coloured part).

			Image:
			*[http://trialx.com/curebyte/2011/05/31/what-does-pterygium-look-like/ Pterygium - gross (trialx.com)].

			==Microscopic==
			Features:<ref name=pmid2695353>{{Cite journal \| last1 = Hill \| first1 = JC. \| last2 = Maske \| first2 = R. \| title = Pathogenesis of pterygium. \| journal = Eye (Lond) \| volume = 3 ( Pt 2) \| issue = \| pages = 218-26 \| month = \| year = 1989 \| doi = 10.1038/eye.1989.31 \| PMID = 2695353 \| URL = http://www.nature.com/eye/journal/v3/n2/abs/eye198931a.html }}</ref>
			*Hyaline material beneath epithelium.
			*Elastic fibres beneath the hyaline material.
			*+/-Inflammation.
			*[[Solar elastosis]].<ref name=uic_edu>URL: [http://www.uic.edu/depts/mcpt/eyepath/specco4.htm http://www.uic.edu/depts/mcpt/eyepath/specco4.htm]. Accessed on: 25 October 2011.</ref>
			**Dense gray/light brown acellular material.
			*Dilated vessels.<ref name=uic_edu>URL: [http://www.uic.edu/depts/mcpt/eyepath/specco4.htm http://www.uic.edu/depts/mcpt/eyepath/specco4.htm]. Accessed on: 25 October 2011.</ref>

			DDx:
			*Squamous dysplasia.
			*[[Squamous cell carcinoma]].<ref name=pmid427069>{{Cite journal \| last1 = Clear \| first1 = AS. \| last2 = Chirambo \| first2 = MC. \| last3 = Hutt \| first3 = MS. \| title = Solar keratosis, pterygium, and squamous cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva in Malawi. \| journal = Br J Ophthalmol \| volume = 63 \| issue = 2 \| pages = 102-9 \| month = Feb \| year = 1979 \| doi = \| PMID = 427069 \| PMC = 1043407 }}</ref>

			===Images===
			www:
			*[http://www.uic.edu/depts/mcpt/eyepath/specco4.htm Pterygium (uic.edu)].
			<gallery>
			Image:Pterygium_-_intermed_mag.jpg \| Pterygium - intermed. mag. (WC/Nephron)
			Image:Pterygium_-_high_mag.jpg \| Pterygium - high mag. (WC/Nephron)
			</gallery>
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			===Right eye===
			<pre>
			Right Eye, Conjunctiva (Submitted as "Pterygium"), Excision:
			- Conjunctival mucosa with solar elastosis and dilated superficial blood vessels, compatible with pterygium.
			- NEGATIVE for dysplasia.
			</pre>

			====Inflammation present====
			<pre>
			Right Eye, Conjunctiva (Submitted as "Left Pterygium"), Excision:
			- Conjunctival mucosa with solar elastosis, mild inflammation and dilated superficial blood
			vessels, compatible with pterygium.
			- NEGATIVE for dysplasia.
			</pre>

			====No solar elastosis====
			<pre>
			Right Eye, Conjunctiva (Submitted as "Right Pterygium"), Excision:
			- Conjunctival mucosa with dilated superficial blood vessels and
			benign mild stromal changes.
			- NEGATIVE for dysplasia.
			</pre>

			====Block letters====
			<pre>
			CONJUNCTIVA ("PTERYGIUM"), RIGHT, EXCISION:
			- CONJUNCTIVAL MUCOSA WITH STROMAL ACTINIC CHANGES -- CONSISTENT WITH PTERYGIUM.
			</pre>

			<pre>
			CONJUNCTIVA ("PTERYGIUM"), RIGHT, EXCISION:
			- CONJUNCTIVAL MUCOSA WITH STROMAL ACTINIC CHANGES -- CONSISTENT WITH PTERYGIUM.
			- NEGATIVE FOR DYSPLASIA.
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			<pre>
			CONJUNCTIVA ("PTERYGIUM"), RIGHT EYE, EXCISION:
			- CONJUNCTIVAL MUCOSA WITH SOLAR ELASTOSIS AND DILATED SUPERFICIAL BLOOD VESSELS -- CONSISTENT WITH PTERYGIUM.
			- NEGATIVE FOR DYSPLASIA.
			</pre>

			===Left eye===
			<pre>
			CONJUNCTIVA ("PTERYGIUM"), LEFT EYE, EXCISION:
			- CONJUNCTIVAL MUCOSA WITH SOLAR ELASTOSIS AND DILATED SUPERFICIAL BLOOD VESSELS -- CONSISTENT WITH PTERYGIUM.
			- NEGATIVE FOR DYSPLASIA.
			</pre>

			==See also==
			*[[Eye]].
			*[[Eyelid]].

			==References==
			{{Reflist\|2}}

	[[Category:Diagnosis]]		[[Category:Diagnosis]]
			[[Category:Eye]]

Michael: redirect w/ cat.

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redirect w/ cat.

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#redirect [[Eye#Pterygium]]

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