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Bacteria which can invade corneal epithelium primarily: "Cornea Has Lost Normal Strength"
• Corynebacter
• Hemophilus
• Listeria
• Niesseria
• Shigella

Deep corneal Neovascularization : "DISCU Graft"
D - Disciform keratitis
I - Interstitial keratitis
S - Sclerosing keratitis
C - Chemical burns
U - Ulcer-deep
Graft - Graft rejection

Filamentous keratitis : "ABCDEF NPO"
A - Aerosol & Atopic
B - beta radiation
C - cataract surgery
D - DM
E - ectodermal dysplasia
F - FB HS keratitis
N - neurotrophic keratitis
P - prolonged occlusion & ptosis
O - Osler-Weber-Rendu disease

Keratoconus : "CONES"
C - Central scarring and Fleischer ring
O - Oil drop reflex/Oedema (hydrops)
N - Nerves prominent
E - Excessive bulging of lower lid on downgaze (Munson's sign)
S - Striae (Vogt's)

Keratoconus Systemic associations: "ABCDEF"
A - Atopy
B - Bones (osteogenesis imperfecta)
C - Crouzon's syndrome
D - Down's syndrome
E - Ehler's Danlos syndrome
F - Fingers (Marfan's)

Layers of Cornea : "EBSDEin Read as "Ebstein"
E - Epithelium
B - Bowman's membrane
S - Stroma
D - Descemet's membrane
E - Endothelium
To help you remember the corneal layers, you might use this trick:
Decemet's membrane is Deep WHILE
Bowman's layer is high up in the Bell tower.

Megalocornea : "MAD FX"
M - Marfan
A - Alport's syndrome
D - Down syndrome, Dwarfism
F - Facial hemiatrophy
X - X-linked

Stromal dystrophies : "My Mom Always Gives Her Mother Lettuce And Carrots"
• Macular dystrophy
• Mucopolysaccharide
• Alcian blue
• Granular Dystrophy
• Hyaline material
• Massons Trichrome
• Lattice Dystrophy
• Amyloid
• Congo Red

Vortex Keratopathy Associations: "ABCDEF"
A - Arthritis (diclofenac)
B - Breast Cancer (Tamoxifen)
C - Cardiac (amiodarone)
D - Dementia/Depression (Chlorpromazine)
E - Enzyme deficiency (see F)
F - Fabry's Disease

Waring's Classification of Congenital corneal opacities : "STUMPED"
S - Sclerocornea
T - Trauma
U - Ulcers
M - Metabolic disorder
P - Peter's anomaly
E - Endothelial dystrophy
D - Dermoid

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