Buzzwords

Question 1

Wessely ring

Answer 1

Endothelial / Disciform HSV keratitis

Question 2

Wess

Pain out of proportion

Answer 2

Acanthomeba keratitis

Question 3

Hutchinson’s sign

Answer 3

Herpes zoster ophthalmicus

Hutchinson sign indicates the involvement of the nasociliary nerve, a branch of ophthalmic nerve innervating the eyelid, nose, and eye (figure 2), and is the strong predictor of the ocular complications

Question 4

Mutton fat KPs

Answer 4

Tuberculosis uveitis

Question 5

‘Macular star’ sign on fundus examination

Answer 5

Cat scratch neuroretinitis

Question 6

‘Pizza pie’ / ‘cottage cheese with ketchup’ due to haemorrhages

Answer 6

CMV retinitis

Question 7

White focal retinitis with overlying vitreous inflammation ‘headlight in the fog’ with accompanying pigmented scar

Answer 7

Toxoplasmosis

Question 8

Bussaca nodules

Answer 8

granulomatous uveitis

Question 9

What systems history should you do if someone is presenting with uveitis?

Answer 9

Question 10

Snow banking

Answer 10

Intermediate uveitis

Question 11

Keyhole pupil

Answer 11

Coloboma

Question 12

White follicles + Muropurelent/’stringy’ discharge

Answer 12

Chlamydial conjunctivitis

Question 13

Answer 13

Gonococcal conjunctivitis

Question 14

Cloudy cornea
Fixed mid-dilated pupil

Answer 14

Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma (AACG)

Question 15

peripheral retina ‘bone spicule’ pigmentation

Answer 15

retinal pigmentosa

Question 16

Weiss ring on ophthalmoscopy

Answer 16

posterior vitreous detachment

the detachment of the vitreous membrane around the optic nerve to form a ring-shaped floater