Ophthalmology Buzzwords

Question 1

vertical scratches/ice rink cornea

Answer 1

examine posterior eyelid for foreign body

Question 2

cherry spot (fovea) + pale fundus

Answer 2

CRAO

Question 3

tear drop/blood level in sinus

Answer 3

blowout fracture

Question 4

blowout fracture

Answer 4

medial + inferior walls

inferior rectus muscle (trapped)

Question 5

scrambled eggs/egg yolk macula

Answer 5

Best disease

Question 6

pain at back of eye on movement

Answer 6

optic neuritis due to MS (could be scleritis)

Question 7

roth spots

Answer 7

endocarditis

Question 8

silver/copper wiring

Answer 8

hypertension eye disease

Question 9

brush field spots

Answer 9

Down syndrome

Question 10

curtain coming down, resolves in < 5 mins

Answer 10

am. fugax.

Question 11

curtain coming down/partial > 5 mins

Answer 11

retinal detachement

Question 12

faces and floaters

Answer 12

retinal detachement

Question 13

photophobia

Answer 13

anterior uveitis

Question 14

gritty eyes

Answer 14

blepharitis, bacterial conjunctivitis, subtarsal foreign body

Question 15

down + out not dilated

Answer 15

diabetes

Question 16

dilated pupils

Answer 16

transcalcarine fracture

Question 17

watery pink eye + preauricular nodes

Answer 17

viral conjunctivitis

Question 18

loss red reflex

Answer 18

haemorrhage

Question 19

follicular conjunctivitis/ bilateral in young adult/rice grain follicles under posterior lid

Answer 19

chlamydial conjuncvitivis

Question 20

new vessels + haemorrhage

Answer 20

wet ARMD

Question 21

peripheral vision loss

Answer 21

glaucoma

Question 22

central vision loss

Answer 22

ARMD

Question 23

black spot in centre

Answer 23

ARMD

Question 24

pizza fundoscopy, floaters, pain + redness

Answer 24

chorioretinitis

Question 25

pseudomonas

Answer 25

dactocytis (infection of lacrimal sac)

Question 26

gout

Answer 26

episcleritis

Question 27

acne rosacea

Answer 27

blepharitis

Question 28

pinpoint pupils

Answer 28

pontine issue

Question 29

RAPD/different sized pupils

Answer 29

Damage to CNII or CNIII

Question 30

CNII compression + increased ICP

Answer 30

papilloedema

Question 31

CNIII palsy

Answer 31

decreased pupillary light reflex, dilated pupil, droopy eyelid, eye down + out

Question 32

CNIV palsy

Answer 32

eye up + out, diplopia on looking down

Question 33

CNVI palsy

Answer 33

medial deviation, horizontal diplopia

Question 34

gradual vision loss

Answer 34

ARMD (dry), Blur (refractive error), Cataracts, Diabetes, Glaucoma (open angle)

Question 35

sudden vision loss

Answer 35

ARMD (wet), Bleed/blocked vessels, Closed angle glaucoma, Detached retina

Question 36

extreme pain, N+V, headache, sudden vision loss, red eye

Answer 36

closed angle glaucoma

Question 37

extreme pain, N+V, headache, sudden vision loss, red eye

Answer 37

closed angle glaucoma

Question 38

out of focus eye, white dots in front of eye

Answer 38

sarcoidosis

Question 39

blood and thunder appearance

Answer 39

central retinal vein occlusion

Question 40

young pt, unilateral vision loss and colour loss

Answer 40

optic neuritis, worry about MS

Question 41

out of focus eyes

Answer 41

uveitis due to sarcodiosis

Question 42

Painless, monocular loss of vision in Marfan's syndrome

Answer 42

Lens dislocation