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Ophthalmology

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  1. A 65-year-old has a painful red eye, halos around lights, headache, vomiting and a fixed mid-dilated pupil with a hazy cornea. What is the most appropriate initial treatment?
  2. A man loses vision in one eye suddenly and painlessly. The retina is pale with a cherry-red spot at the macula. What is the diagnosis?
  3. A patient reports flashes of light, new floaters and a curtain-like shadow across vision. What is the most likely diagnosis?
  4. A worker splashes alkali into the eye. What is the single most important first step?
  5. A child has fever, a swollen red eyelid, proptosis, pain on eye movement and reduced eye movements. What is the diagnosis and management?
  6. A 25-year-old has painful monocular vision loss, pain on eye movement, reduced colour vision and a relative afferent pupillary defect. Which condition is most associated?
  7. Which finding indicates proliferative diabetic retinopathy?
  8. A patient with ankylosing spondylitis has a painful red eye with photophobia and a ciliary flush. What is the diagnosis and the treatment?

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