ASTRONOMICAL NOMENCLATURE
There are several signs and descriptions in Ophthalmology that are
derived from astronomical names.
The following list is a collection of all such astronomical signs and
descriptions in Ophthalmology.
|
ENTITY |
DESCRIPTION |
|
Sunset sign on slit
lamp examination |
Inferior
subluxation of lens |
|
Sunset sign on external
examination |
Sinking look of
eyes in infantile hydrocephalus due to upgaze paresis |
|
Satellite lesions on slit
lamp examination |
Dry looking
corneal ulcer with satellite lesions in surrounding cornea in fungal
keratitis |
|
Satellite lesions on fundus
examination |
New active
necrotising retinitis adjacent to old scars in toxoplasmosis |
|
Asteroid hyalosis |
Round yellow
white calcium globules in vitreous |
|
Sunburst lesion |
Pigmented black
patch in retina as seen in resolved haemorrhage |
|
Macular star |
Star shaped
exudation around macula in hypertensive retinopathy, neuroretinitis, diabetes
etc |
|
Macular hole |
Defect of foveal
retina involving its full thickness |
|
Pie in the sky |
Superior
quadrantanopsia in temporal lobe lesion |
|
Telescopic Vision |
also called
Tunnel vision, seen in advanced filed loss as in Advanced Glaucoma, Retinitis
pigmentosa |
1. Sunset sign
 |
Inferior subluxation of lens |
 |
Sinking look of eyes in infantile hydrocephalus due to upgaze paresis |
2. Satellite lesions-
 |
Dry looking corneal ulcer with satellite lesions in surrounding cornea in fungal keratitis. |
 |
| Newly active necrotising retinitis adjacent to old scars in toxoplasmosis. |
3. Asteroid hyalosis-
4. Sunburst lesion-
 |
Pigmented black patch in retina as seen in resolved haemorrhage Sickle cell retinopathy |
5. Macular star -
 |
Star shaped exudation around macula in hypertensive retinopathy, neuroretinitis, diabetes etc |
6. Pie in the sky-
 |
| Superior quadrantanopsia in temporal lobe lesion |
 |
Defect of foveal retina involving its full thickness |
8. Telescopic Vision
 |
| Tunnel vision, seen in advanced filed loss as in Advanced Glaucoma, Retinitis pigmentosa |
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