Sudden Visual Loss – Post Test

In a patient with central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO), which one of the following statements regarding pathophysiology is correct?

With regards to the retina, which one of the following statements is correct?

A 70-year-old female patient presents to the emergency department (ED) complaining of acute visual disturbance and floaters.

Which factor in the history would be most suggestive of posterior vitreous detachment?

You are performing dilated fundoscopy on a patient in the ED with sudden visual loss. Looking at the appearance in Fig 16 below, which of the following is the classic descriptive term for it?

Fig.15 Image via Wikimedia Commons

Regarding optic neuritis, which one of the following statements is correct?

An elderly male with a history of polymyalgia rheumatica attends the ED complaining of jaw ache on mastication, temporal headache and malaise. His ESR is 97. He is apyrexial. His visual acuity is currently 6/9 bilaterally.

Which one of the following would constitute the best available management option in the ED?

A 50-year-old female attends the department with sudden unilateral painless visual loss. She has a pale retina and an obvious cherry red spot on fundoscopy. She is referred to the ophthalmology service on call as a likely CRAO.

Which one of the following treatments should be instigated in the ED?

Which one of the following conditions causing acute visual disturbance, is associated with floaters within the visual field of the affected eye?

Which of the following extraocular symptoms is commonly found in association with acute angle closure glaucoma (AACG)?

A patient with multiple sclerosis (MS) presents with a painful left eye and reduced visual acuity. The eye appears macroscopically normal and no abnormalities are seen on fundoscopy. She is apyrexial and inflammatory markers are within normal limits.

Which one of the following therapeutic options is correct?