Diseases of the Lens — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Wilson's disease and penetrating trauma is associated with _____ cataract

Answer: sunflower

Flashcard 2: Atopic dermatitis is associated with _____ cataract

Answer: shield

Flashcard 3: Inflammatory membrane behind the lens seen in iridocyclitis is called _____.

Answer: cyclitic membrane

Flashcard 4: major cause of blindness in >50 years age is _____

Answer: cataract

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Flashcard 5: major cause of visual impairment in >50 years age is _____

Answer: cataract

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Flashcard 6: Marfan syndrome typically presents with subluxation of the lenses _____ and temporally (direction)

Answer: upward

Flashcard 7: In diabetes patients, _____ occur as a result of osmotic damage to the lens

Answer: cataracts

Flashcard 8: Weill Marchesani syndrome presents as _____, forward subluxation of the lens.

Answer: downward

Flashcard 9: Lens protein that enters into the _____ chamber may act as an antigen and induce antigen antibody reaction, leading to phacoanaphylactic uveitis.

Answer: anterior

Flashcard 10: Cortical cataract can be of _____ type (5% cases), where central saucer shaped opacity in the posterior cortex just below the capsule, lead to early visual loss

Answer: cupuliform