CME Quiz

CME Quiz: Change in Visual Acuity in Albinism in the Early School Years

  • Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
  • March/April 2012 - Volume 49 · Issue 2: 80, 87
  • DOI: 10.3928/01913913-20120308-01
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This CME activity is primarily targeted to pediatric ophthalmologists and ophthalmic surgeons. There are no specific background requirements for participants taking this activity.

Case Scenario

Parents bring a 6-year-old girl with nystagmus to the office to determine whether glasses would help her vision and to find out what her visual prognosis is. The examination shows reduced vision, iris transillumination, and foveal hypoplasia.

CME Questions

  1. What is the most likely diagnosis?

    1. Achromatopsia.

    2. Albinism.

    3. Aniridia.

    4. Batten’s disease.

  2. What is the natural progression of visual acuity in this condition?

    1. Blindness by age 10 years.

    2. Slow deterioration over several decades.

    3. Likely some improvement over early school years.

    4. Resolution of nystagmus and improvement of best-corrected visual acuity to 20/20.

  3. Which of the following shows a strong correlation with change in best-corrected visual acuity?

    1. Amount of iris transillumination.

    2. Amplitude of nystagmus.

    3. Visible choroidal vessels in macula.

    4. Melanin pigment in the macular retinal pigment epithelium.

  4. All of the following are true of this disorder EXCEPT:

    1. Children will not wear glasses because they have no improvement in visual acuity with correction.

    2. Children are often photosensitive.

    3. The phenotype is variable.

    4. An autosomal recessive inheritance pattern is more common than X-linked inheritance.

doi: 10.3928/01913913-20120308-01

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