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On occasion, it may be difficult to distinguish a moderate to severe abducens nerve palsy from Duane's syndrome. Which of the following is more characteristic of an abducens nerve palsy than of Duane's syndrome?
Diplopia
Esodeviation of 20 prism diopters in primary gaze
Abnormal forced duction to abduction
Palpebral fissure narrowing on adduction
A 3-year-old is found to have a refractive error of +3.00 +0.75 X 90 in both eyes. The child is given the full cycloplegic correction and returns with a residual deviation of 15 esotropia at distance and 25 esotropia at near. A second refraction reveals no change in the refractive error. What is the single best treatment now?
Surgery
+4.00 +0.75 x 90 for both eyes
Miotics
Bifocal eyeglasses
A 5-year-old girl complains of diplopia 1 week after surgery for exotropia. Visual acuity is 20/30 OU. Measurements reveal an esotropia of 15 prism diopters at distance and at near. About 1 week later, the patient no longer complains of diplopia. Vision is now 20/20 OD and 20/40 OS. A left esotropia at distance is 25 prism diopters and at near is 30 PD. What should the next choice of treatment be?
Eyeglasses with prisms to correct the distance deviation only
Full-time occlusion of the right eye
Eyeglasses with +3.00 bifocals to correct the hypermetropia
Observation
Which of the following is a common finding with ocular albinism?
High refractive errors
optic atrophy
glaucoma
iris hyperpigmentatiom
A 4-year-old girl has a 2-year history of wandering eyes when she is tired or ill. Her mother reports that the child tends to close her left eye when outdoors. Visual acuity testing using the linear E game reveals 20/20 OD and 20/40 OS. A cycloplegic refraction shows a refractive error of +2.00 +0.50 x 90 in each eye. The remainder of the eye examination is normal, with the exception of the motility and sensory examinations. The history of wandering eye in this otherwise normal child should suggest what diagnosis?
Duane's syndrome
Infantile esotropia
Pseudostrabismus
Intermittent exotropia
A 5-year-old girl complains of diplopia 1 week after surgery for exotropia. Visual acuity is 20/30 OU. Measurements reveal an esotropia of 15 prism diopters at distance and at near. What is the best option at this time?
Full-time alternate occlusion
wait and observe
Full-time alternate occlusion
atropine eye drops
A 5-year-old boy who had allogenic bone marrow transplantation 1 year ago for acute lymphocytic leukemia presents for routine eye examination. Which of the following is not an ocular complication of bone marrow transplantation?
Retinal hemorrhage
Iris heterochromia
high refracttive error
keratoconus
A 6-week-old infant was diagnosed with a left upper eyelid capillary hemangioma at birth. On examination, the patient is noted to have a large left upper eyelid capillary hemangioma and difficulty opening the left eyelids. This child is at risk for which of the following conditions?
Metastatic disease and death
amblyopia
cataract
congenital glaucoma
Deafness is associated with which of the following ocular findings?
retinitis pigmentosa
essential infantile esotropia
intermittent exotropia
capillary hemangioma
A 13-year-old boy presents with a 6-month history of headaches, blurred vision, and intermittent crossed diplopia at near. His symptoms occur almost every day and are worse when he is tired. Your examination reveals an uncorrected acuity in each eye of 20/20. On a distant accommodative target, he is orthophoric. On a target at 1/3 m, he has a 15-prism-diopter exophoria. His near point of accommodation is 8 diopters in each eye. His fusional convergence amplitudes are 16 prism diopters to break and 12 to recover at 1/3 m, and 4 prism diopters to break and 2 to recover on a target at 6 m. Cycloplegic refraction reveals +0.75 sphere OD and +1.00 sphere OS. What would the best treatment option be?
Correction of the cycloplegic refractive error
Glasses with base-in prisms
Resection of both medial rectus muscles
Exercises for convergence insufficiency
Which of the following statements best describes developmental dyslexia?
Dyslexics often have below-normal intelligence.
Dyslexia is not common in juvenile delinquents.
Dyslexics rarely have a positive family history for dyslexia.
Dyslexics often present to ophthalmologists with visual symptoms.
A 4-month-old boy is brought in for evaluation because of visual inattention and nystagmus. His pupils do not respond to light and he has a refractive error of +4.00 OU. Both fundi appear normal. What condition would this represent?
Leber's optic neuropathy
Leber's congenital amaurosis
X-linked congenital stationary night blindness
Cortical blindness
X-linked congenital stationary night blindness is usually associated with which refractive error?
hypermetropia
myopia
compound astigmatism
simple astigmatism
A 4-month-old infant girl is noted by her parents to have the unusual appearance of her right eye showing a temporally located retrolental mass. The otherwise healthy child was born 3 weeks prematurely with a birth weight of 5 pounds 6 ounces. Your examination reveals a normal left eye. The right eye demonstrates shallowing of the anterior chamber and a clear crystalline lens, as well as the retrolental and retinal abnormalities, such as a retinal fold extending from the optic disc to the retinal periphery. Examinations of the parents and an older sibling are unremarkable. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy
Incontinentia pigmenti
Persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous
Norrie's disease
A 3-year-old boy with a history of congenital esotropia surgically corrected at age 12 months has visual acuity of 20/30 with both eyes open, but only 20/60 when each eye is tested monocularly using an occluder. What is the most likely reason for this discrepancy?
Latent nystagmus
Binocular summation
Crowding phenomenon
Bilateral amblyopia
what is correct regarding Delayed visual maturation?
is caused by high refractive error
is present at birth
is a diagnosis of exclusion
have good fixation to light
Which one of the following is a complication of intralesional corticosteroid injection in adnexal and orbital capillary hemangiomas?
Globe perforation
Central retinal artery occlusion
superior rectus palsy
foveal hypoplasia
A child with unilateral traumatic cataract presents for treatment 9 months after the initial injury. After successful cataract extraction, the child is found to have severe deprivation amblyopia. The best visual prognostic outcome would be expected if the child acquired the traumatic cataract at which of the following ages?
3 months
7 years
3 years
6 months
A 5-year-old boy has an ophthalmologic eye examination after failing a preschool vision screening. The examination reveals bilaterally subluxated lenses, with one lens down and in, and the other up and out. The child is tall for his age, with long, thin fingers and hyperextensible finger joints. Both parents are normal and the family history is unremarkable. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Hyperlysinemia
Marfan's syndrome
Homocystinuria
Weill-Marchesani syndrome
A 5-year-old boy has an ophthalmologic eye examination after failing a preschool vision screening. The examination reveals bilaterally subluxated lenses, with one lens down and in, and the other up and out. The child is tall for his age, with long, thin fingers and hyperextensible finger joints. Both parents are normal and the family history is unremarkable. What is the best first step for visual rehabilitation?
Contact lenses
Pars plana lensectomy
Lensectomy by phacoemulsification
eyeglasses correction based on retinoscopy refined subjectively
A 5-year-old boy has an ophthalmologic eye examination after failing a preschool vision screening. The examination reveals bilaterally subluxated lenses, with one lens down and in, and the other up and out. Which of the following should be done?
Serum homocystine levels
Electroretinogram
VDRL
complete blood count
A 3-year-old boy is found to have decreased vision secondary to bilateral amblyopia. Which of the following is the most likely finding on cycloplegic retinoscopy?
8 diopters of hyperopia in each eye
3 diopters of myopia in the right eye, and 5 diopters of hyperopia in other eye
3 diopters of myopia in the right eye, and 5 diopters of myopia in the left eye
3 diopters of myopia in each eye
A 3-year old boy presents for evaluation becuase his parents believe the child has intermittent esotropia. The examination is consistent with 15 prism diopters of intermittent esotropia at distance and near. Which of the following is the most appropriate initial therapy?
Spectacles for correction of hyperopia
Schedule CT-scan of the brain
Plano spectacles with base-out prisms
Bilateral medial rectus muscle recession
which of the following is associated with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy.
Aa mutation of the mitochondrial DNA
A mutation in the rhodopsin gene on chromosome 3
A mutation on the X chromosome
Chromosome 13 deletion
A 3-month-old infant has a history of a difficult birth with prolonged hypoxia. The child is noted to have severe neurologic impairment, including poor visual response. The ocular examination demonstrates no apparent visual fixation responses. Wandering ocular movements are present, but are not typical of nystagmus. The remainder of the examination, including assessment of the pupils, retina, and optic nerve, appears normal. Which of the following is the best method for predicting the visual outcome?
CT scan
Electroretinogram
Following the patient with sequential examinations
Visual evoked responses
A 2-year-old boy presents with a history of crossing of his left eye that has been noted by his parents over the past 3 months. Examination reveals a dense total cataract in the left eye. The anterior segment is otherwise normal. The right eye is normal. Both pupils react normally. The past medical history is unremarkable. What should be the next step?
Observation
Urinalysis for reducing substances
Cataract extraction
Ocular ultrasound
A 9-year old boy presents for further evaluation of leukocoria (white pupil) in the right eye, which was first noted by the child’s parents in a recent photograph. The child is otherwise healthy and his past medical history is unremarkable. Examination reveals the presence of abnormal retinal vessels with yellow subretinal exudates in the child’s right eye. The patient’s left eye appears to be normal on examination. Which of the following is the most likely cause of the patient’s condition?
Organized vitreous hemorrhage
Retinopathy of prematurity
Coats disease
Retinoblastoma
A 13-year old female presents with asthenopia, blurred near vision, and difficulty reading. On examination, the patient is noted to have an exophoria at near, a remote near point of convergence, and poor near fusional convergence amplitudes. Which of the following is the most appropriate next step in treatment?
Plus lenses and base-in prisms for reading
Bilateral medial rectus muscle resections
Bilateral lateral rectus muscle recessions
Orthoptic exercises (“pencil push-ups”)
An infant girl presents for evaluation with epiphora, blepharospasm, and photosensitivity. On examination, the infant is noted to have corneal clouding in the right eye, and the right cornea appears to be enlarged. Which of the following is the most likely cause of this patient’s condition?
Conjunctivitis
Nasolacrimal duct obstruction
Primary congenital glaucoma
Corneal abrasion
A 12-year old male presents with asthenopia, blurred near vision, and difficulty reading. On examination, the patient is noted to have an exophoria at near. The patient also has a remote near point of convergence, and poor near fusional convergence amplitudes. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
Accommodative spasms
Intermittent exotropia
Convergence paralysis
Convergence insufficiency
A 3-year old boy presents for evaluation with a three week history of intermittent esotropia. On sensorimotor exam there is 20 prism diopters of esotropia at distance and near. Cycloplegic retinoscopy reveals +4.00 D hyperopia in each eye. Which of the following is the most appropriate next step in treatment?
Partial correction of the hyperopia
Surgical correction of the esotropia
Eyeglasses combined with surgical correction
Correction of the full amount of hyperopia
A 10-month old, full-term gestation, and previously healthy child, presents for further evaluation of leukocoria (white pupil) in his left eye, which was first noted by the child’s parents in a recent photograph. A CT scan shows evidence of a mass with localized calcification in the left eye. Which of the following is the most likely cause of the patient’s condition?
Retinoblastoma
Retinoblastoma
Retinopathy of prematurity
Organized vitreous hemorrhage
A 2-year old child is found to have a painless mass located superotemporal to the globe, which is unattached to the overlying skin. The mass is mobile, smooth, and nontender. The child is diagnosed with a dermoid cyst, and the diagnosis is supported on CT scan, which shows a well-circumscribed lesion with a low-density lumen. Which of the following is the most appropriate next step in treatment?]]
Observation only
Systemic corticosteroid
Surgical excision
Topical corticosteroid
A 4-year old girl presents for evaluation of esotropia. The child is found to have 20/25 vision at distance and near. Corneal light reflex tests and cover testing results are normal. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
Malingering
Intermittent exophoria
Pseudoesotropia
Intermittent esotropia
Superior Oblique muscle palsy (fourth or trochlear nerve palsy) is the most common isolated cyclovertical muscle palsy encountered by ophthalmologists. Which of the following conditions is the most common cause of acquired superior oblique muscle palsy?
Direct trauma to the tendon
Longstanding hypertension
Cavernous sinus aneurysm
Closed head trauma
An 8-year-old boy presents for evaluation with a 3-day history of fever, lethargy, headache, eye pain, and eyelid edema. The child’s past medical history is significant for sinusitis. On examination, the child appears uncomfortable. He is found to have 20/20 vision with his right eye and 20/40 vision with his left eye. Although the patient has full ocular motility with his right eye, there is proptosis and limitation of ocular motility with his left eye. The child also expresses pain in his left eye on ocular motility examination. Which of the following is the most appropriate initial step in treatment?
Daily monitoring in the office and treatment with oral antibiotics
Hospitalization and treatment with intravenous antibiotics
Urgent referral to radiology for orbital computed tomography
Close monitoring with referral to a pediatric otolaryngologist
Which one of the following is expected with stereopsis testing in a 12-year-old girl diagnosed with well-controlled intermittent exotropia?
Excellent stereopsis
Monofixation syndrome
Decreased stereopsis with hemiretinal suppression
Decreased stereopsis with episodes of diplopia
A 21-year-old woman presents with exotropic Duane's syndrome. Which one of the following surgical options is most likely to benefit this patient?
Recession of the lateral rectus muscle in the uninvolved eye
Resection of the medial rectus muscle in the involved eye
Resection of the medial rectus muscle in the uninvolved eye
Recession of the lateral rectus muscle in the involved eye
A 16-year-old girl presents with acute, bilateral eye pain, redness, and globe prominence, right > left, with mild ptosis of the right upper eyelid. Both eyes have restricted motility in all fields of gaze. Blood testing reveals normal T3, T4, TSH, WBC, CRP, and ANA. Which of the following orbital CT findings would be most consistent with her presentation and lab results?
Thickening of the posterior sclera and all recti including the tendons
Ethmoid sinusitis with medial orbital abscesses, right > left
Fusiform enlargement of the optic nerve sheaths, right > left
Thickening of the extraocular muscles: inferior > medial rectus muscles, right > left
A 4-year-old girl is found to have distance visual acuity of 20/50 in each eye. Cycloplegic retinoscopy reveals +6.50 hyperopia in her right eye and +6.00 hyperopia in her left. She is also found to have 10 prism diopters of esophoria at distance and near. The remainder of the eye exam is unremarkable. Which one of the following is the most likely cause of the patient’s decreased vision?
Amblyopia
Strabismus
Anisometropia
Malingering
A 6-month-old girl presents for evaluation of esotropia, which has been present since birth. Examination reveals 40 prism diopters of esotropia. The patient is also noted to cross-fixate. Which one of the following is the most appropriate initial therapy?
Spectacles for correction of hyperopia
Alternate occlusion for treatment of amblyopia
Surgical correction before 1 year of age
Surgical correction between 2 and 5 years of age
A 3-year-old girl has an esotropia of 20-prism diopters (PD) in primary position, 15 PD in upgaze, and 30 PD in downgaze. In addition to operating on the medial rectus muscle in each eye, which of the following is an appropriate treatment for her V-pattern?
Infraplace both lateral rectus muscles
Weaken both superior oblique muscles
Weaken both inferior oblique muscles
Supraplace both medial rectus muscles
An otherwise healthy 6-month-old child is diagnosed with a 2-mm epibulbar dermoid tumor of his left eye. The child is playful and appears asymptomatic. Which of the following is the most appropriate next step in the management of this patient?
Observation
Ultrasound biomicroscopy
Immediate surgical excision
Topical lubrication
A 1-year-old boy with a prior unilateral catarct in his left eye presents for evaluation. His cataract was diagnosed at birth and he underwent lensectomy. Exam findings are consistent with severely decreased vision in his left eye. What is the most likely cause?
Ametropic amblyopia
Anisometropia amblyopia
Deprivation amblyopia
Strabismic amblyopia
A 2-week-old girl is referred for evaluation of an abnormal red reflex OS. Examination reveals a dense, posterior, 6-mm central lenticular opacity OS with normal retinal examination. Cycloplegic retinoscopy reveals +2.00 sphere hyperopia in each eye. What step should be considered next?
Spectacles
Lensectomy with anterior vitrectomy
Daily pharmacologic dialation
Observation
A 6-week-old infant presents with a bluish mass in the medial canthus that has been present since birth (see the figure). A pediatric otorhinolaryngologist evaluated the patient and noted a mass lesion in the nose. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Amniotocele
Metastatic neuroblastoma
Dermoid
Nasal encephalocele
In the nonverbal patient, what method or test reveals amblyopia?
Forced preferential looking
Electroretinogram (ERG)
Bagolini lenses
A 4-prism diopter base-out test
A 10-year-old child is diagnosed with bilateral papilledema. What clinical feature is most likely to develop in this patient?
Elevated intraocular pressure
Peripheral visual field loss
No change in visual acuity
Progressive myopia
A 4-year-old child presents for evaluation of a recent onset esotropia. What step should be considered next?
Cycloplegic refraction
Manifest refraction with simultaneous "pushing plus"
Autorefraction with the use of accommodative control
Dry retinoscopy
A 5-year-old girl with hydrocephalus is diagnosed with bilateral optic atrophy. What changes in her vision and findings are most likely to develop?
Initial visual field defects with improvement over time
Progressive improvement of vision
Progressive loss of all vision
Initial optic nerve pallor with improvement over time
A 9-year-old boy with sickle cell trait is diagnosed with a 5-mm hyphema OD. He is coooperative during the examination, and intraocular pressures are 39 mm Hg OD and 12 mm Hg OS. What is the preferred first-line treatment?
Eye examination under anesthesia
Daily monitoring with topical corticosteroids
Pressure-lowering medications
Daily monitoring with sedatives
A 12-year-old boy undergoes bilateral medial rectus muscle recessions for esotropia. At his postoperative visit, he is found to have widening of the palpebral fissure and an adduction deficit in the left eye. Ductions and versions are otherwise normal. He also is found to have 45 prism diopters of exotropia in primary position. What would be the preferred management?
Observation with plans for exploration in 1 to 2 weeks
if not improved Bilateral lateral rectus muscle recession to treat the exotropia
Surgical exploration of both eyes following observation
Prompt surgical exploration of the patient's left eye
Under anesthesia, a 6-month-old boy is found to have corneal diameters of 13 mm OD and 12.5 mm OS. Significant bilateral corneal edema is also present. Intraocular pressures (IOPs) are 33 mmHg OD and 29 mmHg OS. What would be the preferred first-line treatment?
Trabeculectomy with mitomycin-c
Goniotomy
Cycloablation
Trabeculotomy
A 10-year-old child has open angle glaucoma and asthma. Which of the following adrenergic agents is most appropriate for managing this patient’s glaucoma?
Brimonidine
Timolol
Apraclonidine
Betaxlol
A 15-year-old boy has bilateral high myopia, a sensory exotropia, and a history of retinal detachment in the right eye requiring scleral buckling. He recently had a recession/resection muscle strabismus surgery in the right eye for his exotropia. On postoperative exam, his right eye has corneal edema and folds in Descemet’s membrane, and anterior inflammation. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Traumatic anterior uveitis
Anterior segment ischemia
Normal postoperative inflammation
Keratitis
An infant is diagnosed with optic nerve hypoplasia. What is the first evaluation to be ordered?
Photographs of the optic nerves
Genetic testing
CT Scan
Endocrine consultation
Which of the following is considered an ocular complication of strabismus surgery?
Glaucoma
Changes in refractive error
Cataract
Cystoid macular edema
A 7-year-old patient is diagnosed with anisometropic amblyopia. Cycloplegic refraction is +2.00 OD, +7.00 OS. Which of the following is the most appropriate next step in treatment?
Close observation of vision
Patching or Atropine penalization
Bilateral refractive surgery
Optical correction with glasses
A patient with esotropia is suspected of having an abnormal accommodative convergence/accommodation (AC/A) ratio. Which of the following methods should be used to measure the patient’s AC/A ratio?
Krimsky
Hirschberg
Gradient
Major amblyoscope
A 3-year old girl is diagnosed with strabismic amblyopia. Following cycloplegic refraction, the child is also noted to have hyperopia equal to +5.00 sphere in each eye. Which of the following is the most appropriate next step in treatment?
Full-time spectacles
Strabismus surgery
Full-time occlusion
Cycloplegic agents
The day following a motor vehicle accident, a 24-year-old man is diagnosed with unilateral superior oblique palsy. He has a small right hypertropia in primary gaze. The deviation is fairly comitant, with minor torsional component. What is the preferred intervention?
Superior oblique tuck
Prisms
Harada-Ito procedure (anterior half of superior oblique tendon advancement)
Orthoptic exercises
What type of tropia is a usually a V-pattern strabismus?
Sensory exotropia
Infantile esotropia
Intermittent exotropia
Refractive esotropia
In what disease or post-operative setting is the 3-step test most helpful for diagnosing isolated cyclovertical muscle paralysis?
Hyperdeviations and previous oblique muscle surgery
Hyperdeviations and C-spine deformity
Hyperdeviations and restrictive strabismus
Hyperdeviations and previous cataract surgery
When managing a vertical strabismus associated with thyroid eye disease, how should the timing of strabismus surgery be related to proptosis surgery?
Perform strabismus surgery after orbital decompression
Perform strabismus surgery after eyelid surgery
Perform simultaneous strabismus surgery and eyelid surgery
Perform strabismus surgery before orbital decompression
Three days following strabismus surgery, a 6-year-old child develops increasing conjunctival injection and eyelid edema in one eye. The child has vision of 20/25 OU and his ocular motility is full. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Preseptal/orbital cellulitis
Allergic conjunctivitis
Anterior segment ischemia
Early postoperative injection
patient has strabismus surgery with adjustable sutures under using local anesthesia consisting of sub-Tenon's lidocaine injection. During postoperative adjustment, the patient experiences a vagal attack. Which of the following is the preferred management of this adverse event?
Discontinue suture adjustment and reassess patient in 24 hours.
Discontinue suture adjustment and ensure adequate airway and circulation.
Continue suture adjustment after placing the patient in supine position.
Continue suture adjustment with the use of 100% oxygen.
In what condition are cyclopegic agents contraindicated during refraction?
Malingering
Adverse side effects to anticholinergic drugs
Young or uncooperative patients
Infantile glaucoma
What is a risk factor for herpes zoster ophthalmicus in children?
Prior episode of chicken pox
Older age
Immunosuppression
Recent cold or flu
In what location does a dacryocele typically present as a bluish swelling?
Below the lateral canthal tendon
Above and lateral to the medial canthus
Above the lateral canthal tendon
Below and nasal to the medial canthus
A 4-year-old child develops post-traumatic uveitis in the right eye. The child is started on atropine eyedrops. What condition is a potential complication of this therapy?
posterior iris synechiae in the right eye
solar retinopathy in the right eye
Confusion
systemic immunosuppression
A 13-year-old boy has blurry vision and diplopia when reading. He has a remote near-point of convergence. On alternate cover testing he has no distance deviation, but at near has an exophoria. What is his most likely diagnosis?
Intermittent exotropia, simulated divergence excess type
Convergence insufficiency
Intermittent exotropia, convergence insufficiency type
Accommodative insufficiency
Using adjustable sutures for strabismus surgery is preferred for patients in what setting?
Reoperative patients with unpredictable surgical outcomes
Very young patients with unsure preoperative measurements
Patients with episodic anxiety
patients with frequent prior vagal attacks
