FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
JUNE 2016

POSSESSION USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE
EXAMINATION HALL.
OPHTHALMOLOGY
PAPER III
Please read carefully the important instructions mentioned on Page
• Answers to questions of Part and Part are to be strictly attempted in separate answer
sheet(s) and the main supplementary answer sheet(s) used for each part must be tagged
separately.
• Answers to questions of Part attempted in answer sheet(s) of Part or vice versa shall
not be evaluated.
PART B
6. What is normal tension glaucoma?
Etiopathogenesis, clinical characteristics and management
of a case of normal tension glaucoma.
2+8
7. Various presentations of uveitis in spondylo-arthropathies.
10
8. What are the causes of macular hole?
How will you investigate, prognosticate and manage a
case of Idiopathic macular hole?

9. A 6-year-old boy presents with unilateral leukocoria. What is
the differential diagnosis and describe management of its
most common cause?
4+6
10. How do you assess a case of congenital nystagmus?
What are the surgical options available to manage a case
of nystagmus?
4+6