Optic neuropathy
             
          • How may uniocular failure of vision due to optic nerve disease be differentiated from

            •    that due to retinal disease?
             
          • Discuss the pathophysiology and clinical features of early optic disc swelling

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          • Discuss the differential diagnosis and investigation of a patient with unilateral swelling of the optic disc

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          • A medical registrar asks your opinion on a patient aged 40 with headaches of six months'

            •     duration, because he thinks there is bilateral papilloedema. Discuss your assessment
                particularly of the eyes
             
          • Describe the clinical features, pathology and management of a patient with glioma of the optic nerve

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          • Write detailed notes on each of the following:

            •         1) the significance (both systemic and genetic of congenital disc anomalies)
                         (part of the question)
             
          • Write short notes on:
              • a. Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy
              b. optic nerve head pits
               
          • Discuss the toxic and inflammatory causes of optic neuropathy

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          • Discuss the investigation of unilateral optic atrophy

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          • A 65 year old man is found to have bilateral optic atrophy. Discus the differential diagnosis and methods of investigation

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          • Discuss the significance and differential diagnosis of optic neuropathy in:

            •             a. a child aged 6 years
                        b. a woman aged 30 and
                        c. a man aged 75

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