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2009 Series - November 3, 2009
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Lecture 9 of 52 NEXT»
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| This six-year-old boy presented with reduced vision, short stature, and the equator of the lens is visible as shown in figures 1 and 2 above. |
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The most likely diagnosis is: |
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Marfan syndrome |
| b. |
Alport syndrome |
| c. |
post head trauma |
| d. |
Weill-Marchesani syndrome |
| e. |
none of the above |
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Refraction in this case will be: |
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| a. |
hyperopic through the lens and myopic through the space between edge of the pupil and equator of the lens |
| b. |
there is no way of predicting |
| c. |
myopic through the lens and hyperopic through the space between the edge of the pupil and equator of the lens |
| d. |
myopic both through and around the lens |
| e. |
none of the above |
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A common laboratory finding in this condition is: |
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| a. |
high white count |
| b. |
fragile red blood cells |
| c. |
delayed carpal ossification |
| d. |
homocystine in the urine |
| e. |
all of the above |
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