Questions in Ophthalmology
Questions in Ophthalmology
Questions in Ophthalmology
Main Questions
1. Anatomy of Orbit
2. Third cranial nerve
3. Anatomy of conjunctiva
4. Describe circle of Willis, Lesions associated and the effects
5. Anatomy of Lacrimal System
6. Micro anatomy and blood supply of Retina and development
7. Anatomy, Blood and nerve supply, Actions, Tests of functions of EOM
8. Anatomy of lids/ LPS & importance
9. Anatomy ( gross & Microscopic ) of cornea, importance of each layer , corneal
metabolism & transparency
10. Anatomy of Choroid
11. Anatomy of Macula Lutea
12. Anatomy of Ophthalmic Artery
13. Describe ocular refractive media and their embryology
14. Visual Pathway – Anatomy and blood supply
15. Optic nerve head – anatomy & blood supply
16. Optic Nerve – anatomy & blood supply
17. Optic Chiasma ( anatomy & syndrome )
Short Notes
1. Cornea scleral function.
2. Apex orbit, Clinical presentation of “Tolosa hunt syndrome”
3. Cavernous sinus – Anatomy & syndrome
4. Lateral Geniculate body
5. Ciliospinal pathway
6. Anatomy of orbicularis oculi and Lacrimal punctum function
7. Corona Ciliaris
8. Nerve supply of Pupillary muscles
9. Development and microstructure of lens (EM – study)
10. Check ligaments - importance
11. Relationship of nasal sinuses with eye
12. Relationship and importance of Chiasma
13. Embryology of Lacrimal apparatus
14. Structure of rod & cone
15. Lacrimal drainage apparatus
16. Roof of the orbit
17. Surgical spaces of orbit
18. Cryptophthalmos
19. Aqueous veins
20. Anatomy of Nascociliary nerve
21. Anatomy of Apex of orbit
22. Inferior oblique - anatomy
23. Ciliary muscle
24. Superior oblique muscle
25. Anatomy & physiology of Ciliary Ganglion
26. Anatomy of vitreous and development.
27. SR – Anatomy and role in movement of upper eye lid
28. Orbital septum
29. Anatomy of Limbus and surgical importance.
30. Superior Orbital Fissure
31. A/C angle anatomy
32. Bruch’s membrane
33. Blood Retina Barrier
34. Cilioretinal Artery
Pathology
Short Notes
1. Sterilization of Instruments
2. TRIC virus – developmental cycle
3. List normal conjunctival flora and discuss the circumstances under which
they become Pathogenic
4. Hormone receptor assay
5. Morax – Axenfeld Baccili
6. Morphology of Pneumococcus Adenovirus
7. Morphology and cultural characteristics of Gonococcus
8. Morphology :cultural characteristics of lepra Bacillus
9. Morphology and culture of Bacillus Pyocyaneus
10. Immunoglobulin – G
11. Morphology of Acanthamoeba
12. Anaphylaxis
13. Bacterial cell
14. Lab diagnosis of keratitis
15. Cystecronis
16. Immunity - development and hypersensitivity reactions
17. Chlamydia
18. Gonoccocus
19. AFB
20. Adenovirus
21. MK media
22. Aspergillosis
23. Common bacteria affecting eye.
24. Pseudomosa Pyogens
25. Taenia solium infection
26. Parasite in ocular disease
27. Diplobaccilli
28. Rubella syndrome
29. Rhinospordiosis
30. Molluscum Contagiosum
31. ELISA
32. Koch – Weeks baccili
OPTICS & REFRACTION
MAIN QUESTIONS
1. Myopia –etiology, clinical types, changes in eyes & complications – how do
you treat them
2. Normal vision with ideal co – axial lens.
3. Prisms in ophthalmology- what is prism angle
4. Hypermetropia.
5. Optics of retinoscopy
6. Contact lens – uses in ophthalmology , fitting and complications
7. Astigmatism
8. Strums Conoid & clinical applications
9. Accommodation – theories and failure
10. Indirect Ophthalmoscopy _ principles , clinical uses & advantages over direct
ophthalmoscopy
11. Anisometropia.
12. Presbyopia.- factors involved in its development
13. Optical principle of Lensometer / Focimeter
14. Describe principle and theories of Accommodation – Convergence
relationship
15. Slit lamp – principles , optics & various methods of evaluation
16. Principles of Keratometry
SHORT NOTES
1. Jacksons Cross cylinder.
2. Optical Abberation
3. Low vision Aids
4. Computerized eye testing
5. Bagolini’s striated lens
6. Direct ophthalmoscopy – principles & uses.
7. Donders reduced eye
8. Principle of 60 D , 78 D & 90 D lenses
9. Maddox Wing
10. Cover Test
11. Friends Test
12. Use of Plane mirror
13. Gonioscope
14. Optics of microscope
15. Maddox Rod
16. Telescopes
17. Three mirror lens
18. Applanation Lens
19. Hruby Lens and principles
20. Placido disc
21. Staenopic slit
22. Criteria for visually handicapped persons
23. Duochrome test
24. Optics & uses of corneal microscope
25. Laser Biophysics
LIDS
LACRIMAL SYSTEM
Main Questions
1. Congenital Dacryocystitis and management in detail.
2. Chronic Dacryocystitis,management & recent advances
3. Corneal Tear film physiology and abnormalities Dry eye- Clinical features &
complications ,Syndromes
Short Notes
1. KCS & Sjogrens
2. Evaluation of epiphora
3. Lacrimal Gland obstruction & treatment
4. Lacrimal Gland Tumour (esp. Mixed tumour )
5. DCT & DCR - Investigation & surgical procedure
6. Recent advances in Lacrimal system diagnosis & surgery
7. Steven Johnson syndrome
8. Canaliculoplasty
9. Anatomy of NLD and its blockage
10. DD of swelling at inner Canthus
11. Schirmers test
12. Acute Dacryocystitis
CONJUNCTIVA
MAIN QUESTIONS
SHORT NOTES
1. Refractive Keratoplasty
2. LASIK, LASEK EXCIMER
3. Keratometry
4. Keratophakia, Epikeratophakia
5. Keratometry
6. SPK
7. Keratomiliueses
8. Lamellar Keratoplasty
9. Xerophthalmia & Bitot spots
10. Pigmentary Changes, / KF Ring & Haemosiderosis
11. Staining
12. Neurotrophic Keratitis
13. Keratoprosthesis
14. Preservation of donor cornea
15. Thermokeratoplasty
16. Arcus senilis
17. Fuch’s endothelial dystrophy
18. Cormeal graft rejection - pathogenisis
19. Oxygen delivery through contact lenses
20. Epikeratophakia vs contact lens in the correction of aphakia
21. Role of contact lenses in drug delivery
22. Bandage contact lens
23. Optical principles of contact Lens
24. Steep fit and flat fit in hard contact lenses
25. Recurrent corneal erosions
26. Herpes Corneal Ulcer
27. Fabry’s disease
28. maintainance of corneal transparency
29. Treatment of Bullous keratopathy
30. Hydrocurve Contact lens
31. Complications of PKP
32. Acanthamoeba Keratitis
33. Corneal lattice dystrophy
34. Epikeratoplasty in keratoconus
35. salzmann’s nodular degeneration
36. KF Ring
37. Selection of donor material for PKP
38. Blood staining of cornea
39. Therapeutic Keratoplasty
40. Disciform Keratitis
41. Corneal Dystrophy
42. Goldenhaar syndrome
43. Keratoglobus
44. Excimer Laser
45. Clinical features & complications of keratoconus
46. Terriens marginal degeneration
47. Retocorneal membrane
48. Management of non healing corneal ulcers
49. Corneal sensation _ anat basis & conditions in which it is reduced
50. Marginal degeneration
51. Non infective superficial keratitis
52. Megalocornea
53. Metaherpetic ulcer
54. Metastatic deposits in cornea
55. Lamellar Keratoplasty
56. Fascicular ulcer
57. Mooren’s ulcer
58. Types of corneal vascularisation
59. Pannus
60. band keratopathy
61. Graft failure & rejection
62. Corneal leucoma
63. Munsun’s sign
64. Rodent Ulcer
65. Specular Microscope
CATARACT
MAIN QUESTIONS
SHORT NOTES
1. IOL power calculation
2. Treatment of displaced lens
3. VWS / VTS
4. Marfan’s syndrome
5. A – Scan.
6. Foldable IOL
7. Atopic cataract
8. B Scan
9. Viscoelastics
10. Visual function test in cataract
11. Complicated cataract
12. Rubella cataract
13. Dermatogenic cataract
14. Management of Shallow A/ C
15. Glass Blowers cataract
16. IOLs
17. Multifocal IOLs
18. Astigmatism in Pseudophakia
19. Management of Updrawn Pupil
20. Lens Coloboma
21. Vascular Sheath of lens
22. YAG Laser
23. Phaco- ablation
24. Role of trace elements in senile cataract
25. IOL Complications
26. Lensectomy
27. PCO / After Cataract
28. Management of dislocated Nucleus in Vitreous
29. Zonular cataract
30. Post Op Shallow A/C causes & management
GLAUCOMA
Short Notes
1. OCT
2. Field defects in glaucoma
3. Malignant Glaucoma
4. Glaucoma Clinic and glaucoma screening
5. Cornea & glaucoma ( FHIOC & FED)
6. Iris & glaucoma
7. Tumors & glaucoma
8. steroid induced Glaucoma
9. Trauma, I/O haem & glaucoma
10. Laser in glaucoma
11. Trabeculotomy
12. Molteno implants
13. Possner- Schlossman syndrome ( Glaucomato cyclitic crisis )
14. mitomycin c with trabeculectomy
15. Laser Trabeculoplasty
16. Automated perimetry- merits & demerits
17. management of total hyphaema
18. diagnostic drainage procedures
19. Iatrogenic glaucoma
20. Causes of failure of filtration surgery
21. Laser Iridotomy
22. Plateau iris
23. PXM and syndrome
24. Cyclocryotherapy
25. Phacolytic Glaucoma
26. Rubeosis iridis and NVG
27. Phacolytic Glaucoma
28. Glaucoma associated with abnormal position of lens
29. recession of angle of anterior chamber
30. Intraocular pressure dynamics after laser application
31. Enzyme glaucoma
32. ICE syndromes
33. Essential Iris atrophy
34. Argon laser peripheral iridoplasty
35. spontaneous hyphaema
36. Causes and management of secondary glaucoma following intraocular
surgery
37. Naevus of Ota
38. Pathogenisis of glaucomatous cupping
39. Epidemic dropsy glaucoma
40. Ocular Hypotony
41. Goniotomy
42. Aphakic glaucoma
43. Pupillary Block glaucoma
44. Reigers syndrome
45. Paracentesis in glaucoma
46. Early field changes in glaucoma
47. Iris cysts
48. Role of diurnal variation in OAG
49. Thrombotic glaucoma
50. Glaucoma capsulare
51. Inverse Glaucoma
52. Myotonic glaucoma
53. Cyclodialysis and complications during and after surgery
54. Nodule in angle of anterior chamber
55. Glaucoma due to adultrated cooking oil
56. Argon Laser Trabeculoplasty
UVEA :
MAIN QUESTIONS
SHORT NOTES
1. Steroids in Uveitis
2. Mydriatics
3. Immunosuppresants.
4. Histoplasmiosis,
5. CMV, retinitis
6. HMV Retinitis
7. ARN,
8. Reiters Syndrome
9. Heterochromic Iridocyclitis
10. DD of Iris Nodules
11. Iris Bombe
12. Rubeosis
13. APMPPE
14. POHS
15. VKH
16. Seclussio puppilae
17. Iris Nodule
18. Polycoria
19. Pseudohypopyon
20. Masquerade syndrome
21. Aqueous flare
22. Behcet’s disease – Etiology, Signs/ Symptoms Immunology.
23. Syndromes :- Serpigmous c/p
Bird shot c/p
RETINA AND VITREOUS
MAIN QUESTIONS
Main Questions
Short Notes
1. Pseudotumor
2. Investigations in exophthalmos
3. Marcuss Gunn syndrome
4. Investigate enophthalmos
5. Orbital spaces & surgical approaches
6. Blow out fractures – management & surgical treatment
7. Indications & steps of Lateral Orbitotomy
8. Rapidly progressive bil. Ptosis of 10 day duration in a 10 yr old child _ DD and
management
9. Ocular features in thyrotoxocosis
10. management of malignant exophthalmos
11. Orbital decompression in dysthyroid ophthalmopathy
12. Orbital calcification
13. Lateral approaches to orbit
14. specific role of radiotherapy in various orbital conditions
15. DD of bilateral. Ptosis
16. Ultrasound & CT scan picture in euthyroid disease
17. Mobility implants
18. Ocular rigidity
19. Socket reconstruction
20. secondaries in orbit
21. management of orbital tumors
22. Impure blow out fracture
23. Types of orbitotomies & their merits
24. Surgical managements of shallow orbits
25. Cysticercosis of the eye
26. Panophthalmitis
27. Kronlien’s operation
28. Tenonitis
29. Unilateral proptosis n children
30. Cavernous sinus thrombosis
SQUINT
Main Questions
Short Notes:
1. Duane’s retraction syndrome.
2. Occlusion.
3. Hess char
4. AV phenomenon.
5. Maddox Rod
6. Simultaneous perception.
7. Fusion.
8. Convergence insufficiency.
9. Eccentric Fixation.
10. Accomadative estropia.
11. Cover test.
12. Supression.
13. Worth 4 dot test
14. Contrast sensitivity.
15. Uniocular Diplopia.
16. Prisms in ophthalmology.
17. Amslers chart.
18. Diplopia charting
19. Maddox wing
20. Tangent screen / scale
21. .Isopter
22. Ac/ A ratio
23. Microtropia
24. Congenital idiopathic Nystagmus
25. Types of divergent squint
26. Superior oblique sheath syndrome
27. Vergences & management
28. Residual deviation
29. Prism diopter
30. Pleoptics & otrhoptics
31. SO Palsy
32. Bilchowsky’s test
33. Adjustable sutures
34. Recent concepts in squint surgery
35. Convergence Excess
36. Forced duction test in squint surgery
37. Diplopia
38. Microstrabismus
39. Hirschbergs Reflex Test
NEURO OPHTHALMOLOGY
MAIN QUESTIONS
MAIN QUESTION
SHORT NOTES
Main questions
Short Notes
1. Diagnosis ; Prevention ; Traumatic endophthalmitis
2. Significance of Ectropion Uvea
3. Trisomy 13- 21 in ocular disorders
4. Ocular manifestations of Rheumatoid arthritis
5. HLA – in ophthalmology
6. Arthus phenomenon
7. Ocular manifestations of thrombosis of cavernous sinus
8. 13q deletion syndrome
9. Discuss ocular involvement in homocystinuria
10. Ocular manifestation of Mucocutaneous bullous disorders
11. Ocular manifestation in leulaemia
12. Ocular involvement in Steven Jhonson’s syndrome
13. Horners syndrome
14. Pseudo xanthoma elasticum
15. Ocular changes in poly arthritis nodosa
16. Ocular changes in Pagets disease
17. Ocular manifestation of malnutrition
18. Ocular involvement in Mucopolysaccharidoses
19. Diagnosis and treatment of sudden blindness
20. Ocular manifestation of hyper viscosity syndrome and lymphoid disorders
21. Oral contraceptives and the eye
22. Methylene blue test
23. Peribulbar anaesthesia
24. Akinesia
25. Homo cystinuria
26. Factors producing new – vessels in ophthalmology
27. Commonest genetic disorders of eye in India
28. Ophthalmic – manifestation in hemiplegia
29. Ocular findings in Meningitis
30. Ocular findings in Sphingolipidoses
31. Ocular findings in Amino acid uria
32. Radiational hazards on eye
33. Contrast studies in ophthalmology
34. Oculocutaeneous syndromes
35. Coloboma Iris
36. Ocular syndromes in ANS – disturbances
37. Trauma – to retina
38. Chemical Burns
39. Causes of blindness in children
40. Detailed diagnosis of localized congestion in the eye.
41. Weber’s eye ( Arc eye )
42. Fungal endophthalmitis
43. Laser scanning ophthalmoscopy
44. Retinal nerve fibre analyzer.
45. CT
46. MRI
47. AR
48. Octopus perimetry
49. Orbital angiography (venography)
50. Carotid Angiography
51. Computerized Coherent Tomography ( OCT )
SURGERY
1. DCT
2. DCR
3. Lid tumour Resection.
4. Pterygum
5.Symbelepheron
6. Graft
7. Ectropion
8. Entropion
9. Ptosis
10 RK
11 PRK
12 Traumatic cornea repair
13 Iridectomy
14 Trabeculectomy
15 Goniotomy
16 ICCE, ECCE, Phaco
17. Glaucoma implant
18. Vitrectomy
19. RD Surgeries
1. Endolaser
2. Scleral buckle
3.Retinopexy
21. DR surgery
22. Macular rotation for RD
23.Evisceration
24. Enucleation
25. Squint – Squint resection & rescission
26. Orbital repair