Ocular Disorders : Retina

Question 1

What are the waste products that gather under RPE?

Answer 1

Drusen

Question 2

What occurs when cells in the macula die?

Answer 2

Atrophy

Question 3

What retinal disorder :
Drusen
Atrophy
Central vision

Answer 3

Age Related Macular Degeneration

Question 4

What are the two types of ARMD?

Answer 4

Dry and Wet

Question 5

What type of ARMD :
Drusen
No blood vessels
Atrophy

Answer 5

Dry

Question 6

What type of ARMD : 
New blood vessels 
Neovascularization from choroid 
Leaky 
Blood in macula 
Blood sits on retina and destroy cells

Answer 6

Wet

Question 7

What are treatments for WET ARMD?

Answer 7

Anti VEGF injections
Avastin (bevacizumab)
Lucentis (ranibizumab)

Question 8

What are treatments for DRY ARMD?

Answer 8

Vitamins
- Lutein
- Zeaxanthin
Monitor

Question 9

What occurs :
Tear or break in retina
Vitreous fluid goes behind retina
Retina peels off

Answer 9

Retinal Detachments

Question 10

Do you manage retinal detachments right away or wait?

Answer 10

Right away

Question 11

What type of surgery is for retinal detachments?

Answer 11

Scleral buckle

Question 12

What occurs :
Retinal thinning
White lines with pigmentation
Highly myopic eyes

Answer 12

Lattice Degeneration

Question 13

What occurs when photoreceptors at the macula are damaged?

Answer 13

Macular Dystrophy

Question 14

What disease : 
Macular Dystrophy 
Genetically inherited 
Before age 15 
Macular photoreceptors

Answer 14

Stargardt Disease

Question 15

What is :
benign
large RPE cells with melanin
Clustered

Answer 15

Congenital Hypertrophy of Retinal Pigment Epithelium

CHRPE

Question 16

What do the clustered look like on CHRPE?

Answer 16

Bear tracks

Question 17

What is : 
Primary malignant neoplasm 
Young children 
Develops from early retinal cells
Leukocoria

Answer 17

Retinoblastoma

Question 18

Is retinoblastoma hereditary or non?

Answer 18

Both

Question 19

Is retinoblastoma autosomal dominant or recessive?

Answer 19

Dominant