Candidate 81                                               Centre: Nottingham
Final MRCOphth                                                          Date: March, 2006
OSCE Stations

Anterior Segment

  • 50-year old lady with Heterochromia Iridis. ( Pt. had ocular melanocytosis.......questions on other clinical signs & importance of fundal examination)
  • 25- year old with recurrent herpetic keratitis. ( Active & Long term Mx.)


MOTILITY & NEURO-OPHTH.

  • 20 yr old man with weakness of both legs & loss of balance since aged 8 years.

  • ( Take a short history & give D/D. )
  • 67- yr old lady with hemiplegia. Homonymous Hemianopia (Take a short history. Perform Confrontation , possible causes . Name one Investigation of choice )


MEDICAL RETINA / ENDOCRINE
72- yr old lady with Loss of vision 5 years back ( Take history , summarize yr findings . asked to examine the fundus. Pt. had CRVO treated with Laser?, also asked to look for RAPD. Loads of questions on CRVO & Mx , Plan answer carefully & say only those conditions about which u know as a cause eg. factor v Leiden mutation )
Questions on TED 

POSTERIOR SEGMENT
20- yr old girl , obese . (Asked to do indirect. she possibly had cone dystrophy . Loads of questions on causes , examiners esp. wanted to hear about bulls eye maculopathy, again speak only of those conditions that you know something about, not just rattle out the names , did get into some trouble over there. )

GLAUCOMA
67- yr old man with burnt out Pigmentary Glaucoma. ( must prepare this section very well , questions on drops , Mx. of AACG , Post-op Trab complications , VF Changes )

Communication Skills
59- yr old accountant with 2 episodes of transient monocular visual loss.
Task was to take history for 7 minutes ( max. ) , summarize yr findings & suggest a Diagnos.
Further given the clinical finginds suggestive of Hollenhorst plaques. Discuss appropriate Mx.

( MOST CANDIDATES FELT THERE WAS SHORTAGE OF PATIENTS & HENCE MORE OF TIME WAS SPENT ON VIVA IN EACH STATION , ESP HISTORY TAKING.)
 

EMQ'S

Many repeat questions. Most will pass this section ''comfortably'' if ''adequately prepared''.
 

PATHOLOGY OSE

Some of the ones I remember;

1. The patient has a certain systemic syndrome associated with a Pituitary mass.

  • Cut section of Pituitary gland shown with a mass lesion. cut-off limit of pituitary mass
  • Features of ''mass effect'' of pituitary lesions.
  • Endocrine effects of pituitary mass lesions in Males & Females.
2. 4 Photomicrographs of Exenteration specimen shown. Attention drawn to 4th one. Some diagnosed as sebaceous gland carcinoma with orbital extension while others diagnosed it as malignant melanoma.

3. Scenario of 25-yr old soft contact lens wearer with painful red eye.

  • Types of ulcers ?
  • Appropriate investigations ?
  • Treatment of choice ?
  • Types of culture media ?

  • (Question was regarding P Aeruguinosa )
4. Known pt. with AIDS , specimen is being transported to the LAB.
Precautions for the Porter ?
Precautions for the LAB staff ?
Common HIV related eye conditions ?

5. 77- yr old man with history of blurring of vision for 1 week. Coloured photograph shown.
Most diagnosed this one as Cilio-Retinal artery Occlusion ( i has my doubts as the lesion shown was clearly subretinal yellowish plaque & not the grey opacification )

6. VERY TRICKY.
61- yr old patient with Bilateral upper eyelid yellowish lesions
H/P micrograph was shown.
MOST diagnosed it as XANTHELASMA ( I looked & looked & looked for TOTUTON GIANT CELLS but there were no clear cut ones , only FB-type Giant cells & granuolma was present & hence i went for Sarcoidosis......................................)
 

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWERS ARE BUT DOES NOT MATTER MUCH AS I HAVE PASSED.?

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