OMSB Ophthalmology (OEOPTH) case studies
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The OMSB Ophthalmology examination is the board assessment tied to the Ophthalmology specialty training program listed among the educational programs of the Oman Medical Specialty Board (OMSB). OMSB describes itself as an autonomous body that develops specialized physicians and assures the competencies of health care professionals, and it states that it currently has 18 programs encompassing different specialties of Medicine, with Ophthalmology named in that list. The OMSB Ophthalmology (OEOPTH) case studies are 5 cases and about 4,364 words.
1Acute angle closure at a district hospital 3 hours from a laser
A 64-year-old woman presents to a district general hospital emergency department at 22:40 with an 8-hour history of severe right eye pain, frontal headache, nausea and two episodes of vomiting, and blurred vision. She lives 3 hours by road from the nearest ophthalmologist, and there is no ophthalmologist on site overnight.
888 words, about 4 min2Combined CRVO with disc new vessels in a patient about to leave the country
A 57-year-old man with a 12-year history of type 2 diabetes (HbA1c 9.4%), hypertension and hyperlipidaemia presents with a 5-day history of painless loss of vision in the right eye. He takes metformin, gliclazide, perindopril, atorvastatin and aspirin 75 mg.
827 words, about 4 min3Anisometropic amblyopia where patching is not happening
A 6-year-and-4-month-old boy is reviewed in the paediatric clinic. Left eye acuity is 6/38 (logMAR 0.80) with full-time spectacle wear that has been verified for 16 weeks; the right eye is 6/6.
889 words, about 4 min4Day-3 hypopyon after cataract surgery, with a second case on the same list
A 72-year-old woman presents 3 days after uneventful phacoemulsification with in-the-bag IOL implantation in the right eye. She reports increasing pain and progressive blurring since the evening of surgery.
893 words, about 4 min5Suspected giant cell arteritis with recent visual loss, on steroids and diabetic
A 78-year-old woman presents with sudden painless loss of vision in the right eye 6 hours ago. For the past 3 weeks she has had bitemporal headache, scalp tenderness when combing her hair, and jaw pain when chewing.
867 words, about 4 min