Diseases of the Retina — Flashcards

In diabetes patients, _____ occurs as a result of osmotic damage to pericytes of retinal blood vessels, weakening the vessel wall and causing aneurysm formation

Best's disease presents with a _____ ERG with an abnormal electrooculogram

Hint: normal/abnormal

_____ damage symptoms predominate in methanol poisoning

_____ is the venous occlusion at any branch of the central retinal vein showing flame-shaped hemorrhages along a branch, with hard exudates forming a macular fan on ophthalmoscopy

Treatment of acute retinal necrosis due to herpes zoster is _____ given intravenously (10 mg/kg, every 8 hours) for 10-14 days, and then orally (800 mg, five times daily) for 6-12 weeks.

Pathological myopia presents with _____ degeneration and cystoid degeneration

_____ can be seen on angiography in a patient of choroidal melanoma

Central serous retinopathy will present with _____ painless loss of vision

Hint: gradual/sudden

Any lesion extending anteriorly to the ora serrata would be classified as group _____ on the Reese Ellsworth classification scale, predicting a unfavourable prognosis

Any lesion anterior to the equator would be classified as group _____ on the Reese-Ellsworth classification scale, predicting a doubtful prognosis.