MRCP revision

- a.k.a Jacod syndrome - collection of cranial nerve deficits associated with a mass lesion near the orbital apex region - presents with p...

- associated with RA, Wegener's granulomatosis, SLE , PAN, relapsing polychondritis - redness of sclera and conjunctiva or dull purple ...

- frontal lobe tumor (commonly meningioma in sphenoidal wings) - causing ipsilateral disc atrophy (compression) + contralateral disc swel...

- a.k.a benign intracranial hypertension or pseudotumor cerebri - most common in obese young women between age 20-50 - headache (worse wi...

- a.k.a Knapp streaks - small break in Bruch's membrane - brown, concentric snake like lines - Associations   - pseudoxanthoma elast...

- ipsilateral scotoma + contralateral superior quadrantanopia - lesion at von Willebrand's knee / anterior optic chiasm (eg: meningio...

- unilateral pupillary constriction with slight ptosis and enophthalmos indicates a sympathetic pathway lesion on ipsilateral side - diminu...

- congenital hypertrophy of retinal pigment epithelium - 'bear track' lesion - can be typical or atypical - typical : grey or b...

- characterised by triad of    - night blindness (loss of rod function)    - tunnel vision (rod dysfunction)    - pigmented 'bony sp...

- toxic accumulation of copper in the liver and CNS (basal ganglia) due to failure of biliary copper excretion - autosomal recessive - def...

- without HAART, up to 30% of AIDS patients develop reactivation of CMV in the form of destructive and blinding retinitis - slowly progress...

- Adie's pupil is due to postviral degeneration in ciliary ganglion     (where as in Argyll Robertson pupil is caused by damage to pa...

- one of the most common causes of double vision in elderly with diabetes and hypertension - a.k.a diabetic palsy - occurs when perfusion ...

-  In  INO, when the patient’s gaze is directed away from the side of the lesion, the ipsilateral (adducting) eye will not adduct and the ...