1. Intracranial complications of bacterial orbital
cellulitis (all true except) :
a) Meningitis
b) Brain abscess
c) Cavernous sinus thrombosis
d) Sub periosteal abscess
2. Regarding Tolosa‐ Hunt syndrome (all true
except ):
a) is a diagnosis of exclusion
b) It is a common condition
c) Caused by non – specific granulomatous
inflammation of the cavernous sinus
,superior orbital fissure and/ or orbital apex
d) Its clinical course characterized by remissions
and recurrences
3. Lymphangiomas are :
a) Neoplasms
b) Functional
c) Malignant
d) Vascularmalformations
4. The types of classification of carotid – cavernous
fistulae include all the following except:
a) Aetiological
b) Hemodynamics
c) Pathological
d) Anatomical
5. Regarding direct carotid – cavernous fistula :
a) Representing80% of all cases
b) Also called dural shunt
c) Trauma is responsible for 10% of cases
d) Middle – aged hypertensive women are at
particular risk
6. Regarding superficial dermoid cyst :
a) Painful nodule
b) Most commonly located in the inferotemperal
part of the orbit
c) C T shows a homogenous well – circumscribed
lesion
d) Treatment is by excision in toto
7. Associations with encephalocele (all true except):
a) Broad nasal bridge and cleft palate
b) Microphthalmos
c) Neurofibromatosis
d) Morning glory syndrome
8. Regarding capillary haemangioma :
a) Boys are affected more commonly than girls
b) Is the least common tumor of the orbit and
periorbital areas in childhood
c) The tumor is composed of anastomosing small
vascular channels without true encapsulation
d) Present only as a small isolated lesion of
minimal clinical significance
9. The indications of treatment of capillary
haemangioma include all the following
except:
a) Amblyopia secondary to induced astigmatism
, anisometropia and occlusion
b) Optic nerve compression
c) Exposure keratopathy
d) Painand tenderness
10. Regarding cavernous haemangioma:
a) Is avascular malformation that occurs in
children
b) It has a female preponderance of 40%
c) Although it may develop anywhere in the
orbit , it most frequently occurs within the
medial part of the muscle cone just behind
the globe
d) It's histologyshows endothelial – lined
vascular channels of varying size separated by
fibrous septae