Opthalmology

Question 1

visual loss with yellow round spots in Bruch’s Membrane

Answer 1

Age-related Macular Degeneration

Question 2

visual loss describes as ‘curtain coming down’

Answer 2

ischaemic/venous causes

Question 3

‘cherry red’ spot on a pale retina

Answer 3

central retinal artery occlusion

Question 4

sudden visual loss, dark spots

Answer 4

vitreous haemorrhage

Question 5

flashes of light or floaters

Answer 5

Posterior vitreous detachment

Question 6

Dense shadow that starts peripherally progresses towards the central vision

Answer 6

retinal detachment

Question 7

injected vessels that are mobile upon gentle pressure

Answer 7

episcleritis

Question 8

differential for sudden visual loss in a diabetic patient

Answer 8

vitreous haemorrhage

Question 9

‘grittiness’, ‘foreign body’ or ‘burning’ sensation differential

Answer 9

conjunctivitis

Question 10

distinguishing factor between scleritis and episcleritis

Answer 10

scleritis is typically ‘painful’ compared to episcleritis but both present with a red eye

Question 11

night blindness and tunnel vision indicates

Answer 11

Retinitis pigmentosa

Question 12

Hutchinson’s sign

Answer 12

Vesicles extending to the tip of the nose

Question 13

bilateral grittiness that is worse in the mornings & sticky eyelids

Answer 13

Blepharitis

Question 14

How is Orbital cellulitis differentiated from preseptal cellulitis

Answer 14

presentation of reduced visual acuity, proptosis and pain with eye movements