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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
- 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
Scleral Diseases (C0036412) | |
|---|---|
| Definition (MSH) | General disorders of the sclera or white of the eye. They may include anatomic, embryologic, degenerative, or pigmentation defects. |
| Concepts | Disease or Syndrome (T047) |
| MSH | D015422 |
| English | Disorder of sclera, sclera, SCLERA DIS, Sclera Disease, Sclera Diseases, SCLERAL DIS, Scleral Disease, Scleral Diseases |
| Spanish | trastorno de la esclerotica |
| Parent Concepts | Eye diseases (C0015397), Disorders of globe (C0270998), Sclera and episclera finding (C0423266) |
| Sources | CST, MSH, MTH, NDFRT, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) |
