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Most common causes of bilateral, anterior, chronic, granulomatous uveitis
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TB and Sarcoidosis
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Most common immunodeficiency disease
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Deficiency of Immunoglobulin A
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Most common ocular infection and the leading cause of blindness in AIDS
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CMV retinitis
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Most common chromosomal disorder
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Down’s Syndrome (followed by Fragile X)
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Most common type of anemia
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iron deficiency anemia
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Most common cancer of young women:
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Malignant melanoma
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Most common secondary intraocular cancer:
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from breast cancer (women) or lung (men)
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Most common eyelid cancer:
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Basal cell carcinoma
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Most common skin disorder of young adults:
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acne vulgaris
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Most common location of intracranial aneurysm:
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anterior region of Circle of Willis
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Most common primary malignant brain tumor
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Glioblastoma Multiforme
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Most common brain cancer in adults:
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metastasis from breast/lung
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Most common functional pituitary adenoma:
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prolactin
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Most common presenting symptom of MS:
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optic neuritis
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Most common association with Guillain-Barre:
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campylobacter bacteria
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Most common cause of dementia:
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Alzheimer’s
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Most common cause of embolus:
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thrombus
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Most common cause of left sided heart failure:
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Ischemic Cardiomyopathy (from MI)
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Most common cause of right sided heart failure:
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Left sided heart failure
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Most common heart palpitations:
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premature ventricular complexes (benign)
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Most common bacterial STD:
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Chlamydia
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Most common cause of congenital malformation:
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FAS
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Most common lethal genetic disease in Caucasians:
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Cystic fibrosis
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Most common cause of acute postoperative endophthalmitis:
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S. epidermidis
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Most common cause of bacterial pneumonia, meningitis, otitis media:
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S. pneumonia
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Most common cause of infectious (preventable) blindness:
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Chlamydia trachomatis
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Most common cause of ophthalmic neonatorum:
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Chlamydia
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Most common viral STD:
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HPV
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Most common cause of preseptal cellulitis:
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Acute Hordeolum
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Most common cause of exophthalmos in children:
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Ethmoid sinusitis
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Most common cause of endophthalmitis:
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Ethmoid sinusitis
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Most common bacteria causing endophthalmitis in children:
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H. influenza
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Most common bacteria causing endophthalmitis in adults:
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S. aureus
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Most common cause of unilateral and bilateral proptosis in middle-aged patients:
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Grave’s ophthalmopathy
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Most common benign orbital tumor in adults:
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Cavernous Hemangioma
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Most common benign orbital tumor in children:
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Capillary Hemangioma
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Most common primary orbital malignancy in children:
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Rhabdomyosarcoma
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Most common secondary orbital malignancy in children:
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Neuroblastoma
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Most common intraocular cancer (in adults?):
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Malignant melanoma
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Most common intracranial tumor to spread to orbit:
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Sphenoid Meningioma
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Most common brain tumor:
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meningioma
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Most common epibulbar tumors in children:
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Dermoid cyst
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Most common intrinsic tumor of the optic nerve:
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Optic nerve glioma
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Most common bacteria causing bacterial conjunctivitis in children:
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H. influenza
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Most common bacteria causing bacterial conjunctivitis in adults:
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S. epidermidis/aureus
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Most common virus causing viral conjunctivitis:
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Adenovirus
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Most common type of uveitis:
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acute, anterior, unilateral, non-granulomatous
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Most common cause of uveitis in children:
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JRA
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Most common complaint of TB patients:
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Night sweats
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Most common cause of posterior uveitis:
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Toxoplasmosis
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Most common cause of filamentary keratopathy:
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Dry eye
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Most common corneal dystrophy:
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EBMD
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Most common stromal dystrophy:
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Granular dystrophy
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Most common cause of infectious keratitis:
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Bacteria
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Most common cause of interstitial keratitis:
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Syphilis
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Most common cause of Salzmann’s nodular degeneration:
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KCS
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Most common peripheral corneal opacity:
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Arcus
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Most common cause of lens subluxation:
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Trauma
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Most common postoperative complication for cataract surgery:
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Posterior Capsular Opacification (Elschnig pearls for children)
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Most common cause of vision loss following cataract surgery:
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CME (Irvine-Gass Syndrome)
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Most common vascular cause of vision loss:
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DR
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Most common cause of new blindness in patients 20-74yo:
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DR
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Most common vascular occlusive disease:
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BRVO
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Most common location of BRVO:
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Superior temporal quadrant
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Most common cause of CRAO:
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HTN
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Most common cause of arterial occlusions:
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Cholesterol emboli (Hollenhorst plaque)
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Most common vessels affected in BRAO:
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Temporal arteries
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Most important risk factor for DR:
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Duration of insulin-dependent DM
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Most susceptible area of the retina to tractional RD in ROP:
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Anterior temporal
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Most common cause of vision loss in patients >50yo:
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Exudative ARMD
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Most common retinal dystrophy:
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RP
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Most common symptom of RP:
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Night blindness
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Most common hereditary macular dystrophy:
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Stargardt’s
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Most common known cause of angioid streaks:
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Pseudoxanthoma elasticum
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Most common identifiable cause of elevated IOP and resultant glaucoma:
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Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome
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Most common cause of neovascular glaucoma:
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CRVO
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Most common conjunctival malignancy:
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squamous cell carcinoma
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Most common cause of adenoviral conjunctivitis:
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URI or nasal mucosa infection
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Most common cause of phlyctenules:
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Blepharitis (delayed hypersensitivity reaction to staph)
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Most common cause of Parinaud’s Oculoglandular Syndrome:
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Cat scratch fever
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Most common sign of hypertensive retinopathy:
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Bonnet’s sign (heme at an A-V crossing)
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Most significant factor for development of PDR:
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Venous beading
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Most common location of retinoschisis:
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Inferior temporal
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