CLINICAL
CASE INTERPRETATION
All three questions must be answered.
Note to Candidates: Please note that an essay type examination answer is not
what is wanted.
1. A 50 -year-old woman complains of arecent onset of vertical diplopia. On
examination there is a small right hypertropia. What is the differential
diagnoses and describe how you would investigate and manage this patient?
2.A 74-year-old man has been treated for ocular cicatrical pemphigoid for
several years and had a right cataract extraction performed 6-months ago. He
is sent to your clinic with pain in his right eye and you diagnose right
corneal decompensation with bullous keratopathy and vision of Counting
Fingers. The left eye has a vision of 6/24 with a cataract. State what
treatment options are for this patient and what management plan you would
recommend.
3.A 24-year-old man was assaulted one year ago and had a left malar fracture
repaired by the Maxillo-Facial surgeons. He is now referred to your clinic
by his optician who has found the vision in the left eye to be reduced to
6/18 and han noticed a left relative afferent pupillary defect.
What are the possible diagnoses with this patient and how would you manage
him?