FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
JUNE 2017
POSSESSION USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE
EXAMINATION HALL.
OPHTHALMOLOGY
PAPER III
OPH/J/17/26/III
Time 3 hours
Max. Marks 100
Important instructions:
• Attempt all questions in order.
• Each question carries 10 marks.
• Read the question carefully and answer to the point neatly and legibly.
• Do not leave any blank pages between two answers.
• Indicate the question number correctly for the answer in the margin space.
• Answer all the parts of a single question together.
• Start the answer to a question on a fresh page or leave adequate space between two answers.
• Draw table/diagrams/flowcharts wherever appropriate.
Write short notes on:
1. Causes, clinical presentation and treatment modalities for
pseudophakic bullous keratopathy.

2. Management strategies of unilateral and bilateral congenital
cataract in a 2 year old child.
5+5
3. Pathogenesis, clinical features, diagnosis and management of
various types of diabetic macular edema.

4. Principles and techniques of lid reconstruction.
3+7
5. Clinical features, laboratory investigations and management of post
cataract surgery endophthalmitis.

6. Causes and management of glaucoma associated with ocular
trauma.
3+7
7. Basic guidelines and management of ptosis in a 3 year old child.
4+6
8. Clinical features and management of cases of CMV retinitis and
toxoplasmic retinitis.
5+5
9. What are the causes of cicatricial entropion?
Common techniques for correction of trachomatous upperlid
entropion.
3+7
10. Classification and management of esotropia in children.
4+6