Lids and Lashes (M1)

Question 1

In straight ahead gaze, how much does the upper lid cover the upper limbus? 1. Lower lid covers lower limbus? 2

Answer 1

1. 2 mm

2. 1 mm

Question 2

What is the distance from the center of the pupil to the the upper lid?

Answer 2

MRD (Margin-Reflex Distance)

Question 3

What results in a pseudoptosis due to a small eye, causing lack of lid support?

Answer 3

phthisis bulbi

Question 4

What is excessive and droopy eyebrow skin called?

Answer 4

dermatochalasis

Question 5

What is it called when a patient looks down and then looks straight, causing a slight flutter?

Answer 5

Cogan twitch

Question 6

What is trouble swallowing called?

Answer 6

dysphasia

Question 7

What is trouble speaking called?

Answer 7

dysarthria

Question 8

What are the two devices used to measure the extent of proptosis called?

Answer 8

1. Hertel Exophthalmometer

2. Luedde Exophthalmometer

Question 9

What numerical conditions require suspicion when measuring proptosis?

Answer 9

1. Diff of > 2mm between OU

2. If either eye is > 20 mm

Question 10

What is a translucent cyst on the anterior lid margin called?

Answer 10

Cyst of Moll

Question 11

What is a translucent cyst that is not confined to the lid margin called?

Answer 11

Sweat Gland Hidrocystoma

Question 12

What is an opaque cyst on the anterior lid margin called?

Answer 12

Cyst of Zeis

Question 13

What is a cyst that contains cheesy contents and is frequently at the inner canthus?

Answer 13

Sebaceous cyst

Question 14

What are dilated blood vessels on the surface of a lesion called?

Answer 14

telangiectasia

Question 15

What is the sewing of lids together to temporarily protect the cornea

Answer 15

Tarsorrhaphy

Question 16

How do you tell the difference between congenital and acquired ptosis?

Answer 16

In congenital, the eye comes up when looking down (lid lag in down gaze)