Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus — Flashcards

Flashcard 61: What is the rx of choice for a kid of age 9 months to 4 years with congenital NLD obstruction?_____

Answer: Probing

Flashcard 62: Penalization of normal eye in treatment of amblyopia can be done using _____

Answer: atropine

Flashcard 63: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), previously known as retrolental fibroplasia, is a disease of the eye that affects _____ babies.

Answer: prematurely born

Flashcard 64: In _____, Coats' disease is typically diagnosed as a result of the recognition of poor vision, strabismus, or leukocoria.

Answer: children (demographic)

Flashcard 65: 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 66: Anti-VEGF agents are preferred for _____-ROP

Answer: Aggressive Posterior (AP)

Flashcard 67: Titmus test of picking wings of a fly is used to determine _____ in children

Answer: stereopsis

Flashcard 68: What is the visual acuity of a newborn?

Answer: 6/240

Flashcard 69: The cornea attains normal adult diameter by _____ years of age.

Answer: 2

Flashcard 70: Ipsilateral _____ causes pseudoptosis because the upper lid follows the globe downwards

Answer: hypotropia