Lens/Cataract/Operative Care

Question 1

EBMD (what type of staining shows up?)

Answer 1

Map/dot , fingerprint, negative staining

Question 2

RPE mottling think…

Answer 2

Dry ARMD

Question 3

Most advanced dry ARMD

Answer 3

Geographic maculopathy

Question 4

Most common aging cataract

Answer 4

NSC

Question 5

Myopic shift caused by what cataract?

Answer 5

NSC

Question 6

Hyperopic shift caused by what cataract?

Answer 6

Cortical cataract (also armd)

Question 7

Diseases that can induce cataract (pneumonic):

Answer 7

MAD Wilson Lacks Calcium
M (myotinic dystrophy)
A (Atopic derm)
D (diabetes)
Wilson's disease
Lack of calcium

Question 8

Drugs that can induce cataract (pneumonic):

Answer 8

CHAI-T
C (chlorquine)
H (hydroxycloroquine)
A (amiodarone)
I (indomethacin)
T (tamoxifen)

Question 9

Autosomal recessive means…

Answer 9

One must receive one gene from each parent

Question 10

Wilson’s disease

Answer 10

Copper build up, Kayser-Fleischer ring, sunflower cataract, tremor of wrist, build up of copper in liver.

Question 11

Myotonic dystrophy

Answer 11

mitotic pupils, ptosis, Christmas tree cataracts, ptosis, most common muscular dystrophy in adults

Question 12

Most common cause of pre-senile cataract?

Answer 12

Diabetes (build up of sorbital in lens), cortical or snowflake cataract.

Question 13

Atopic dermatitis can cause what kind of cataract?

Answer 13

PSC

Question 14

Repeated x-rays can cause what kind of cataract?

Answer 14

PSC

Question 15

What type of cataract is found in Wilson’s disease?

Answer 15

Sunflower cataract

Question 16

What type of cataract is found in uncontrolled diabetes?

Answer 16

Cortical or snowflake cataract

Question 17

Viagra can cause…

Answer 17

AION (controversial)

Question 18

Alcohol can cause…

Answer 18

Nystagmus

Question 19

Flomax (terazosin)….can cause

Answer 19

Inoperative floppy iris syndrome (even when discontinue it)

Question 20

Digoxin (digitalis)

Answer 20

Na K channel blocker, can cause blue/yellow color defect,

Question 21

B-scan

Answer 21

To see through a blocked view, ONH drusen

Question 22

A-scan

Answer 22

Axial length

Question 23

BAT (brightness acuity test)

Answer 23

Glare

Question 24

PAM (potential acuity meter)

Answer 24

Measures potential acuity after cataract surgery

Question 25

Munson’s sign

Answer 25

V shaped eyelid when patient looks down, keratoconnus

Question 26

Plaquinel is same as hydroxycloroquine

Answer 26

Bull’s eye maculopathy

Question 27

CHRPE

Answer 27

If 4 or more think Gardener’s, colon cancer, polyps

Question 28

Combination tx for toxoplasmosis

Answer 28

Pyrmethamine, sulfadiazine, clindamyacin

Question 29

Fuch’s

Answer 29

In corneal endothelium

Question 30

Normal Hgb1a levels

Answer 30

For people without diabetes, the normal range for the hemoglobin A1c test is between 4% and 5.6%. Hemoglobin A1c levels between 5.7% and 6.4% indicate increased risk of diabetes, and levels of 6.5% or higher indicate diabetes.