Mrs. LAVANYA KALIKIVAYI, M.Opt., FLVPEI., FIACLE,
Associate Professor,
Ahalia School of Optometry & Research Centre,
Palakkad.
• Follicles – round to oval
elevation, 0.5-1.5mm
diameter, more often in
the superior and
inferior tasal
conjunctiva.
FOLLICUL-
AR
ACUTE
VIRAL
CHLAM-
YDIAL
CHRONIC
CHRONIC
CHLAMY-
DIAL
INFECTIOUS CAUSES
• BACTERIAL: Staphylococcus aureus, & S.albus, H.
aegypticus, H. influenza, N. gonorrhea,
N.meningitides, E. coli.
• VIRAL: Herpes simplex, Adenovirus, Picorna virus.
• CHLAMYDIAL: Trachoma (A,B & C), Inclusion
conjunctivitis (D – K), Lymphogranuloma venerum
(L1, L2 & L3).
• FUNGAL: Candida, Aspergillus, Nocardia,
Sporithrix, Leptothrix.
• PARASITIC
S
ACUTE
CATARRHAL
MUCOPURULEN
-T
ACUTE
PURULAENT
ACUTE
MEMBRANOUS
BACTERIAL
CONJUNCTIVITIS
ACUTE
PSEUDO-
MEMBRA
-NOUS
CHRONIC
BACTERI-
AL
CHRONIC
ANGULAR
ACUTE MUCOPURULENT CONJUNCTIVITIS
PANNUS
STAGE ONE:
IMMATURE FOLLICLES
STAGE TWO:
MATURE FOLLICLES, PAPILLAE
STAGE THREE:
SCARRING OF PALP. CONJ.
& PANNUS REGRESSION
STAGE FOUR:
HEALED DISEASE,
SEQUELAE LEADS TO SYMPTOMS
ADENOVIRAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
S.NO.
PTEREYGIUM PSEUDO-
PTEREYGIUM
1. ETIOLOGY DEGENERATIVE PROCESS INFLAMMATORY PROCESS
2. AGE USUALLY OCCURS IN
ELDERLY PERSONS
CAN OCCUR AT ANY AGE
3. SITE ALWAYS SITUATED IN
THE PALPEBRAL
APERTURE
CAN OCCUR AT ANY SITE
4. STAGES EITHER PROGRESSIVE,
REGRESSIVE, OR
STATIONARY
ALWAYS STATIONARY
5. PROBE TEST PROBE CANNOT BE
PASSED UNDERNEATH
A PROBE CAN BE PASSED
UNDER THE NECK
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BETWEEN
PTERYGIUM & PSEUDO-PTERYGIUM
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