Buzzwords

Question 1

rice grains

Answer 1

bacterial chlamydial conjunctivitis

Question 2

pizza pie fundus

Answer 2

CMV AIDS chorioretinitis

Question 3

Cherry red spot at the macula

Answer 3

Central retinal artery occlusion

Question 4

“Tear drop” or “blood level in sinus”

Answer 4

Blow-out fracture (cant look up + double vision)

Question 5

Failure to adduct and nystagmus in abducting eye

Answer 5

Internuclear ophthalmoplegia - issue with medial longitudinal fasciculus

Question 6

Pain on eye movement

Answer 6

Optic neuritis, most commonly caused by MS

Question 7

Painful loss of vision 1-ks

Answer 7

Optic neuritis

Question 8

Curtain coming down <5 mins

Answer 8

Amaurosis Fugax

Question 9

Curtain coming down (partial) longer than 5 mins

Answer 9

Retinal detachment

Question 10

Flashes and floaters

Answer 10

Retinal detachment

Question 11

Photophobia, posterior synechiae, cells in AC

Answer 11

Anterior uveitis

Question 12

Gritty

Answer 12

Bacterial conjunctivitis or sub-tarsal foreign body

Question 13

Watery and pain and pre-auricular lymph nodes

Answer 13

Viral conjunctivitis

Question 14

Silver / copper wiring of the arterioles of the retina

Answer 14

hypertensive retinopathy on fundoscopy

Question 15

Loss of red reflex, eye red on ophthalmoscopy

Answer 15

Vitreous haemorrhage

Question 16

New vessels and haemorrhage

Answer 16

ARMD Wet

Question 17

Follicular conjunctivitis

Answer 17

Chlamydia (unilateral usually)

Question 18

Pinpoint pupils

Answer 18

Pontine issue

Question 19

Dilated pupils

Answer 19

Trans-calcarine fracture

Question 20

Different sized pupil

Answer 20

CN3 damage (or sympathetic chain as in Horner’s)

Question 21

Down out dilated

Answer 21

CN3 damage

Question 22

Down and out not dilated

Answer 22

Diabetes

Question 23

Roth spots (retinal hemorrhages with white or pale center)

Answer 23

Infective endocarditis

Question 24

Brushfield spots

Answer 24

Downs syndrome

Question 25

‘Scrambled egg’/’egg yolk’ appearance of the macula

Answer 25

Best disease

Question 26

Drusen

Answer 26

Dry ARMD

Question 27

pie in the sky

Answer 27

Superior quandrantanopia temporal lobe lesion in visual pathway

Question 28

pain combing hair

Answer 28

giant cell arteritis

Question 29

Hutchison’s sign

Answer 29

zoster on nose

Question 30

dendritic corneal ulcer

Answer 30

herpes simplex

Question 31

stony hard eye

Answer 31

acute angle closure glaucoma

Question 32

loss of red light reflex, gradual visual loss

Answer 32

cataract

Question 33

stormy sunset

Answer 33

central retinal vein occlusion

Question 34

arteriole narrowing, AV nipping

Answer 34

hypertensive retinopathy

Question 35

PMH of acne rosacea, inflammation of eyelids

Answer 35

posterior blepharitis

Question 36

tissue paper appearance on fundoscopy

Answer 36

retinal detachment