Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus — Flashcards

Flashcard 61: The ideal management of a patient with paralytic squint is to _____

Answer: wait and watch

Flashcard 62: Most common type of exotropia is _____

Answer: primary exotropia

Flashcard 63: What is the rx of choice for a kid of age 9 months to 4 years with congenital NLD obstruction?_____

Answer: Probing

Flashcard 64: 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 65: The cornea attains normal adult diameter by _____ years of age.

Answer: 2

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

Answer: children (demographic)

Flashcard 69: Anti-VEGF agents are preferred for _____-ROP

Answer: Aggressive Posterior (AP)

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

Answer: hypotropia