Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus — Flashcards

Flashcard 61: _____ refers to a partial reversible loss of vision in one or both eyes in the absence of any organic disease of ocular media, retina, and visual pathway.

Answer: Amblyopia

Flashcard 62: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), previously known as retrolental fibroplasia, is a disease of the eye that affects _____ babies.

Answer: prematurely born

Flashcard 63: Penalization of normal eye in treatment of amblyopia can be done using _____

Answer: atropine

Flashcard 64: Anti-VEGF agents are preferred for _____-ROP

Answer: Aggressive Posterior (AP)

Flashcard 65: In _____, Coats' disease is typically diagnosed as a result of the recognition of poor vision, strabismus, or leukocoria.

Answer: children (demographic)

Flashcard 66: Titmus test of picking wings of a fly is used to determine _____ in children

Answer: stereopsis

Flashcard 67: What is the visual acuity of a newborn?

Answer: 6/240

Flashcard 68: The cornea attains normal adult diameter by _____ years of age.

Answer: 2

Flashcard 69: In heteronymous (crossed) diplopia, the false image is formed on the _____ side of the deviation

Answer: opposite

Extra: • **Heteronymous (crossed) diplopia**: False image is on the **opposite** side of the deviating eye (seen in **Exotropia**). • **Homonymous (uncrossed) diplopia**: False image is on the **same** side as the deviating eye (seen in **Esotropia**). • **Unharmonious** (or disharmonious) is a term relating to **Abnormal Retinal Correspondence (ARC)**, where the angle of anomaly does not equal the objective angle of deviation. It does not define the side of the image (which depends on whether the squint is convergent or divergent).

Flashcard 70: _____ can be done for tractional retinal detachment in ROP, not involving the macula

Answer: Pars plana vitrectomy