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Ahmed glaucoma valve is a _____ based episcleral implant used as a glaucoma drainage device
_____ implant is a silicon based, glaucoma drainage device (GDD)/seton/aqueous shunt, and carries the risk of postoperative hypotony due to excessive aqueous drainage (since it is valveless)
_____ implant is a glaucoma drainage device
_____ is the ideal method to visualize the fundus, especially for observing the optic-disc changes of glaucoma.
Ex-Press™ glaucoma implant (Mini Shunt) is used in _____ to increase aqueous drainage
Hint: surgery
_____ is used to measure intraocular pressure (IOP)
Molteno implant is a _____ based episcleral implant used as a glaucoma drainage device
iStent® is a _____ based glaucoma drainage mini-shunt
_____ is used to visualise the angle of the anterior chamber
The _____ part of the neuroretinal rim is the broadest followed by the superior, nasal and temporal
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Flashcard 1: Ahmed glaucoma valve is a _____ based episcleral implant used as a glaucoma drainage device
Answer: silicone
Flashcard 2: _____ implant is a silicon based, glaucoma drainage device (GDD)/seton/aqueous shunt, and carries the risk of postoperative hypotony due to excessive aqueous drainage (since it is valveless)
Answer: Baerveldt
Flashcard 3: _____ implant is a glaucoma drainage device
Answer: Ex-Press
Flashcard 4: _____ is the ideal method to visualize the fundus, especially for observing the optic-disc changes of glaucoma.
Answer: Slit lamp biomicroscopy
Flashcard 5: Ex-Press™ glaucoma implant (Mini Shunt) is used in _____ to increase aqueous drainage
Answer: MIGS
Flashcard 6: _____ is used to measure intraocular pressure (IOP)
Answer: Schiotz tonometer
Flashcard 7: Molteno implant is a _____ based episcleral implant used as a glaucoma drainage device
Answer: silicone and polypropelene
Flashcard 8: iStent® is a _____ based glaucoma drainage mini-shunt
Answer: titanium
Flashcard 9: _____ is used to visualise the angle of the anterior chamber
Answer: Gonioscope
Flashcard 10: The _____ part of the neuroretinal rim is the broadest followed by the superior, nasal and temporal
Answer: inferior
Flashcard 11: Lens induced glaucoma can be either _____, phacolytic or phacotopic
Answer: Phacomorphic
Flashcard 12: _____ analogues have a high propensity to cause cystoid macular edema and hence are not preferred in a diabetics with POAG
Answer: Prostaglandin
Flashcard 13: Surgical treatment of malignant glaucoma includes _____ laser hyaloidotomy and pars plana vitrectomy
Answer: Nd:Yag
Flashcard 14: Gonioscopy in pigmentary glaucoma shows pigment accumulation along _____ line inferiorly, and this accumulation is called Sampaolesi line.
Answer: Schwalbe
Flashcard 15: Acute _____-angle glaucoma results in a painful, red eye
Answer: closed
Flashcard 16: Large cup (0.7 or more), _____symmetrical and vertically oval cup is seen in early glaucomatous changes
Answer: a
Flashcard 17: Glaucomatocyclitic crisis also called as _____ Syndrome is associated with recurrent attacks of unilateral acute raised intraocular pressure (IOP) associated with mild anterior uveitis.
Answer: Posner Schlossman
Flashcard 18: _____ -angle glaucoma is characterized by frontal headache and a fixed, mid-dilated pupil
Answer: Closed
Flashcard 19: Malignant glaucoma presents with a _____ AC and a negative Seidel's test
Answer: shallow
Flashcard 20: _____ line or Zentmayer ring of pigment on the peripheral/equatorial surface around the zonular insertions of the lens is seen in pigmentary glaucoma
Answer: Scheie
Flashcard 21: Treatment of neovascular glaucoma includes _____ or cryotherapy and anti-VEGF agents.
Answer: retinal photocoagulation
Flashcard 22: _____ cupping is seen in late glaucomatous changes
Answer: Beanpot
Flashcard 23: _____ outflow of aqueous humor is increased with prostaglandin agonists
Answer: Uveoscleral
Flashcard 24: Shaffers grading of angle width:Grade 4 (35 45) is the widest angle, characteristic of _____ and pseudophakia; the ciliary body can be visualized without tilting the lens.
Answer: myopia
Flashcard 25: Late significant changes of visual field in Glaucoma include: Arcuate or _____ scotoma, Ring or Double arcuate scotoma or Roenne's central nasal step
Answer: Bjerrum
Flashcard 26: _____ glaucoma is characterized by sudden vision loss with halos around lights
Answer: Acute closed-angle
Flashcard 27: Surgical mx of congenital glaucoma includes treatment such as _____ and trabeculotomy
Answer: goniotomy
Flashcard 28: _____ is anterior subcapsular lenticular opacity due to glaucoma
Answer: Glaukomflecken
Flashcard 29: _____ nodules and/or tent-shaped peripheral anterior synechiae (PAS) are seen in sarcoidosis
Answer: Trabecular meshwork (TM)
Flashcard 30: Definitive rx for PACG involves _____ or filtration surgery
Answer: Laser peripheral iridotomy
Flashcard 31: Early significant changes of visual field in Glaucoma include: Peripheral nasal step, _____ scotoma or Siedel's scotoma
Answer: Paracentral
Flashcard 32: Posner Schlossman syndrome (Glaucomatocyclitic iridocyclitis) is also associated with fine white central _____ and mydriasis, along with recurrent unilateral attacks of an acute rise of IOP
Answer: KPs
Flashcard 33: Glaucomatocyclitic crisis is speculated to be due to acute trabeculitis, associated with _____ or H.pylori infection
Answer: CMV
Flashcard 34: Glaucomatocyclitic crisis presents with _____ without posterior synechiae formation, and raised IOP
Answer: mydriasis
Flashcard 35: _____ implant is a silicon based, glaucoma drainage device (GDD)/seton/aqueous shunt, and carries the risk of postoperative hypotony due to excessive aqueous drainage (since it is valveless)
Answer: Baerveldt
Flashcard 36: Secondary _____-angle glaucoma is due to obstruction of the trabecular meshwork (e.g. by WBCs, RBCs, retinal elements)
Answer: open
Flashcard 37: In acute congestive glaucoma, the pupil is _____ and vertically oval.
Answer: mid-dilated
Flashcard 38: _____ and equatorial staphylomas are most commonly associated with glaucoma
Answer: Ciliary
Flashcard 39: _____ sign and Laminar dot sign on the optic disc is seen in late glaucomatous changes
Answer: Bayonetting
Flashcard 40: _____ is characterized by optic disc atrophy with characteristic cupping
Answer: Glaucoma
Flashcard 41: Pigment deposition on the back of the cornea in _____ glaucoma is called as Krukenberg spindles
Answer: pigmentary
Flashcard 42: _____ glaucoma is also called as malignant glaucoma/inverse glaucoma and is seen after any intraocular surgery
Answer: Ciliary block
Flashcard 43: _____ vision is seen in later stages of retinitis pigmentosa and in glaucoma
Answer: Tunnel
Flashcard 44: _____ is a type of applanantion tonometer used for measuring IOP in a scarred cornea
Answer: Tono-pen
Flashcard 45: Aqueous humor is produced by _____ epithelium on the ciliary body
Answer: nonpigmented
Flashcard 46: During Fincham's test, a _____ halo remains intact, while a halo due to cataract is broken up into segments.
Answer: glaucomatous
Flashcard 47: Early non-specific changes of visual field in Glaucoma include: _____ contraction and baring of blind spot
Answer: Isopter
Flashcard 48: Iris bombe formation is due to the development of _____ synechiae.
Answer: annular or ring (shape)
Flashcard 49: Goldmann tonometer consists of a _____ prism mounted on a slit lamp
Answer: double
Flashcard 50: Fuch's heterochromic iridocyclitis may also present with rubeosis _____
Answer: iridis
Flashcard 51: What is the earliest visual field defect in glaucoma?_____
Answer: Isopter contraction
Flashcard 52: Females are _____ commonly affected than males in PACG
Answer: more
Flashcard 53: Corneal _____ may occur in PACG leading to coloured halos
Answer: edema
Flashcard 54: _____ occurs due to ring synechiae, which prevent the circulation of aqueous humor from the posterior chamber to the anterior chamber in anterior uveitis
Answer: Seclusio pupillae
Flashcard 55: Schiotz tonometer is a type of _____ tonometer
Answer: indentation
Flashcard 56: Eyes with "pure" pupillary block are typically _____
Answer: hypermetropic (myopic/hyperopic)
Flashcard 57: Goldmann's perimeter is a type of _____ perimetry
Answer: manual
Flashcard 58: What is the DOC for treatment of malignant glaucoma?_____
Answer: Atropine
Flashcard 59: In _____ glaucoma intraocular pressure (IOP) is elevated between 3 and 16 years of age
Answer: Juvenile
Flashcard 60: Normal intraocular pressure (IOP): _____ mm Hg
Answer: 10 to 21
Flashcard 61: In _____ glaucoma intraocular pressure (IOP) is elevated during intrauterine life.
Answer: True congenital
Flashcard 62: Gonioscopy should be done _____ doing IOP measurements while evaluating a patient with glaucoma
Answer: after
Flashcard 63: The risk of PACG in a patient of PACS at 5 years may be around _____%.
Answer: 30
Flashcard 64: Octopus fieldmaster is a type of _____ perimetry
Answer: automated
Flashcard 65: Dark-room/prone-provocative test (DRPPT) is considered significant if theres an IOP rise of _____ mmHg or more
Answer: 8
Flashcard 66: The _____ fibres are the last to be involved in glaucoma
Answer: nasal
Flashcard 67: In glaucomatocyclitic crisis, topical _____ are used to control inflammation, with aqueous suppressants to lower the IOP
Answer: steroids
Flashcard 68: _____ is the ideal method to visualize the fundus, especially for observing the optic-disc changes of glaucoma.
Answer: Slit lamp biomicroscopy
Flashcard 69: Pulse air tonometer is a type of _____ tonometer
Answer: applanantion
Flashcard 70: IOP may be elevated upto _____ mm Hg in PACG
Answer: 40 70
Flashcard 71: The definitive drug for PACG is _____
Answer: pilocarpine
Flashcard 72: Hypotonic maculopathy occurs in eyes with IOP less than _____mm Hg
Answer: 5
Flashcard 73: _____ cupping is bilaterally equal.
Answer: Physiological
Flashcard 74: _____ cornea is a risk factor for POAG development
Answer: Thin
Flashcard 75: _____ triad is seen as evidence of previous angle-closure attack.
Answer: Vogt s
Flashcard 76: Shaffers grading of angle width:Grade _____ (10) is a very narrow angle in which only the Schwalbe line, and perhaps the top of the trabeculum, can be identified.
Answer: 1
Flashcard 77: Humphrey field analyser is a type of _____ perimetry
Answer: automated
Flashcard 78: Shaffers grading of angle width:Grade _____ (20) is an angle in which the trabeculum but not the scleral spur can be seen.
Answer: 2
Flashcard 79: Perkin's tonometer is a type of _____ tonometer
Answer: applanantion
Flashcard 80: What type of glaucoma can be seen with intumescent cataract?_____
Answer: Phacomorphic
Flashcard 81: Frequent changes in presbyopic glasses is a symptom of _____.
Answer: open-angle glaucoma (OAG)
Flashcard 82: What is the earliest clinically significant visual field defect in glaucoma?_____
Answer: Relative paracentral scotoma
Flashcard 83: The second most common cause for blindness worldwide is _____
Answer: glaucoma
Flashcard 84: In a patient with a thicc cornea, the measured IOP via goldmann tonometer will be falsely _____
Answer: elevated
Flashcard 85: _____ is the most common cause of secondary open-angle glaucoma.
Answer: Pseudoexfoliation (PEX) syndrome
Flashcard 86: Campimetry (Scotometry) is a type of _____ perimetry
Answer: manual
Flashcard 87: The aqueous outflow facility in the normal eye is about _____ L/min/mmHg
Answer: 0.28
Flashcard 88: The _____ visual field is the last field to be affected in glaucoma.
Answer: temporal
Flashcard 89: _____ gonioprism: provides a direct image of the angle
Answer: Direct
Flashcard 90: Gonioscopy showing posterior meshwork ITC in three or more quadrants with glaucomatous optic neuropathy, is indicative of _____
Answer: Primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG)
Flashcard 91: Normal cup-to-disc ratio is up to _____
Answer: 0.6
Flashcard 92: PACG presents with symptoms such as _____, redness, photophobia, impaired vision, watering
Answer: pain
Flashcard 93: ICE syndrome is a proliferative endotheliopathy, which leads to _____ glaucoma.
Answer: secondary angle-closure
Flashcard 94: What type of glaucoma can be seen with hypermature cataract?_____
Answer: Phacolytic or Phacotopic
Flashcard 95: _____ glaucoma is due to the presence of neovascularization over the iris (rubeosis iridis)
Answer: Neovascular
Flashcard 96: Shaffers grading of angle width:Grade _____ (25 35) is an open angle in which the scleral spur is visible.
Answer: 3
Flashcard 97: _____ is the most common ocular manifestation of Sturge-Weber syndrome.
Answer: Glaucoma
Flashcard 98: Gonioscopy showing posterior meshwork ITC in three or more quadrants but no PAS, is indicative of _____
Answer: Primary angle-closure suspect (PACS)
Flashcard 99: _____ is done in cases where intraocular pressure (IOP) is uncontrolled despite maximal tolerated medical therapy.
Answer: Laser trabeculoplasty
Flashcard 100: Advanced glaucomatous field defects in Glaucoma include: _____ vision, or complete visual field loss
Answer: Tubular
Flashcard 101: _____ is the term used when the eyeball enlarges in children who develop congenital glaucoma before the age of 3 years.
Answer: Buphthalmos
Flashcard 102: Gonioscopy in glaucomatocyclitic crisis shows a(n) _____-angle.
Answer: open
Flashcard 103: Anterior chamber will be _____ in a patient with congenital glaucoma
Answer: deep
Flashcard 104: The anterior chamber is _____-shaped in ring synechiae.
Answer: funnel
Flashcard 105: Latanoprostene bunod 0.024% acts by increasing the outflow through the _____ route
Answer: uveoscleral and trabecular
Flashcard 106: _____ defect in the iris is a pathognomonic feature of pigmentary glaucoma
Answer: Radial transillumination
Flashcard 107: _____ goniolenses include Goldmann, Zeiss, and Posner
Answer: Indirect
Flashcard 108: _____ goniolenses include the Koeppe, Medical Workshop, Barkan, and Swan Jacob.
Answer: Direct
Flashcard 109: iStent is a _____ based glaucoma drainage mini-shunt
Answer: titanium
Flashcard 110: In _____ glaucoma intraocular pressure (IOP) is elevated prior to age 3
Answer: Infantile
Flashcard 111: Goldmann tonometer is a type of _____ tonometer
Answer: applanantion
Flashcard 112: Shaffers grading of angle width:Grade _____ (0) is closed due to iridocorneal contact.
Answer: 0
Flashcard 113: What is the most common type of primary congenital glaucoma?_____
Answer: Infantile
Flashcard 114: _____ optic atrophy will present with features such as cupping, nasal shifting of vessels and bayonetting
Answer: Glaucomatous
Flashcard 115: Molteno implant is a _____ based episcleral implant used as a glaucoma drainage device
Answer: silicone and polypropelene
Flashcard 116: _____ is a non-invasive technique for determining the facility of aqueous outflow.
Answer: Tonography
Flashcard 117: Pneumatic tonometer is a type of _____ tonometer
Answer: applanantion
Flashcard 118: Initial treatment of malignant glaucoma is with _____
Answer: cycloplegics (atropine 1%)
Flashcard 119: Splinter hemorrhages on disc margin and slit defects in the RNFL are seen in _____ glaucomatous changes
Answer: early (early/late)
Flashcard 120: _____ gonioprism: provides a mirror image of the opposite angle
Answer: Indirect
Flashcard 121: The average age of presentation of relative pupillary block is about _____ years.
Answer: 60
Flashcard 122: A cup-to-disc ratio of > _____ is suggestive of glaucoma.
Answer: 0.6
Flashcard 123: The concept of applanation tonometry was given by _____
Answer: Goldmann
Flashcard 124: Immediate rx for PACG involves IV _____ followed by topical beta-blockers, brimonidine, latanoprost
Answer: mannitol/acetazolamide
Flashcard 125: The canal of schlemm appears by _____ month
Answer: 4
Flashcard 126: The most common complication of anterior uveitis is _____
Answer: Glaucoma
Flashcard 127: The concept of applanation tonometry is based on the _____ law
Answer: Imbert-Fick
Flashcard 128: Lister's perimeter is a type of _____ perimetry
Answer: manual
Flashcard 129: _____ implant is a glaucoma drainage device
Answer: Ex-Press
Flashcard 130: Corneal epithelial iron line at the edge of filtering blebs of glaucoma surgery is known as _____ line
Answer: Ferry
Flashcard 131: Shaffers grading of angle width:_____ angle is one in which there is no obvious iridocorneal contact but no angle structures can be identified.
Answer: Slit
Flashcard 132: Is the pupillary/accomodative reflex seen in acute congestive glaucoma?_____
Answer: No
Flashcard 133: _____ is a method of evaluating the anterior chamber (AC) angle.
Answer: Gonioscopy
Flashcard 134: Ahmed glaucoma valve is a _____ based episcleral implant used as a glaucoma drainage device
Answer: silicone
Flashcard 135: The term "angle closure" refers to the occlusion of the _____ meshwork by the peripheral iris, thus obstructing aqueous outflow
Answer: trabecular
Flashcard 136: _____ is used to measure intraocular pressure (IOP)
Answer: Schiotz tonometer
Flashcard 137: _____ goniolens used during goniotomy
Answer: Direct
Flashcard 138: Miotics are _____indicated in Malignant glaucoma
Answer: contra
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