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ScleraAka: Scleral Icterus, Yellow Sclera
- Physiology
- Sclera is thick, protective outer coat of the eye
- Poorly vascularized
- Normal Findings
- Normally white and opaque
- Scleral Inflammation
- Scleritis
- Episcleritis
- Scleral Discoloration
- Blue sclera suggests Osteogenesis Imperfecta
- Yellow Sclera Causes
- Carotenemia does not involve the sclera
- Scleral Icterus
- Hyperbilirubinemia (associated with Jaundice)
- Bilirubin uniformly deposits throughout sclera
- Quinacrine
- Yellow discoloration near Limbus
- Yellow subscleral fat (normal)
- Involves only the area farthest from the Limbus
- Reference
- Degowin (1987) Bedside Diagnostic Exam, p. 480
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