Glaucoma

Question 1

Q. Newborn having a phtophobia with excessive lacrimation,and large cornea what’s your diagnosis?

Answer 1

Congenital glaucoma

Question 2

Q. What’s the eye condition ass. With RA?

Answer 2

Scleritis & episcleritis

Question 3

A. Why is the pupil is oval shaped in acute angle closure glaucoma?

Answer 3

Due to the iris sphincter ischemia from the high intraocular pressure

Question 4

Q. Red eye + acute dull pain + photophobia + lacrimation + reduced vision in a hypermetropic person is a cause of what?

Answer 4

Acute Angle closure glaucoma

Question 5

Q. Name the causes of small pupil?

Answer 5

Horner’s syndrome/ old age / pontine hemorrhage/ Argyll Robertson pupil/ drugs & poisons ( opiates, organophosphates )

Question 6

A. Name causes of dilated pupil?

Answer 6

Holmes-Adie ( myotonic) pupil / 3rd nerve palsy / drugs & poisons ( atropine, cobalt [ Co ], ethylene glycol )

Question 7

Q. What’s the earliest presenting sign for open angle glaucoma?

Answer 7

Tunnel vision, then progress to gradual loss of peripheral vision