Buzzwords

Question 1

Cherry red spot at the macula?

Answer 1

Central Retinal Artery Occlusion

Question 2

“Tear drop” or “blood level in sinus”?

Answer 2

blow out fracture

Question 3

Failure to adduct suggests what?

Answer 3

Internuclear ophthalmoplegia - issue with medial longitudinal fasciculus

Question 4

What causes Pain on eye movement and what is the most common cause of this?

Answer 4

optic neuritis

MS

Question 5

What causes painful loss of vision over 1-2 weeks?

Answer 5

optic neuritis

Question 6

What causes visual loss similar to a curtain coming down <5 mins?

Answer 6

Am. fugax

Question 7

What causes visual loss similar to a curtain coming down (partial) over longer than 5 mins?

Answer 7

retinal detachment

Question 8

Flashes and floaters are symptoms of what?

Answer 8

retinal detachment

Question 9

Photophobia is often what?

Answer 9

Anterior uveitis

Question 10

Grittiness can be caused by what?

Answer 10

bacterial conjunctivitis or sub-tarsal foreign body

Question 11

Watery and pain and pre-auricular lymph nodes

Answer 11

viral conjunctivitis

Question 12

Silver / copper wiring

Answer 12

HTN Disease

Question 13

Loss of red reflex, eye red on ophthalmoscopy

Answer 13

haemorrhage

Question 14

New vessels and haemorrhage

Answer 14

ARMD wet

Question 15

Follicular conjunctivitis

Answer 15

chlamydia

Question 16

Pinpoint pupils

Answer 16

pontine tissue

Question 17

Dilated pupils

Answer 17

trans-calcarine fracture

Question 18

Different sized pupils

Answer 18

damage to CN3 (or sympathetic chain as in Horner’s)

Question 19

Down out AND dilated

Answer 19

Damage to CN3

Question 20

Down and out, not dilated

Answer 20

Diabetes

Question 21

Roth spots

Answer 21

infective endocarditis

Question 22

Brushfield spots

Answer 22

Down’s syndrome

Question 23

‘Scrambled egg’/’egg yolk’ appearance of the macula

Answer 23

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