LF:BTNO0311p Neurooftalmology - lecture - Course Information
BTNO0311p Neurooftalmology - lecture
Faculty of Medicineautumn 2019
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. MUDr. Karolína Skorkovská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. MUDr. Svatopluk Synek, CSc. (alternate examiner) - Guaranteed by
- doc. MUDr. Svatopluk Synek, CSc.
Department of Optometry and Orthoptics – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Lenka Herníková
Supplier department: Department of Optometry and Orthoptics – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine - Timetable
- Mon 12:30–14:20 KOOO N02902
- Prerequisites
- BTFI0222s Biophysics, Informatics I
BTFI0222s - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Course objectives
- Students get knowledge about neurological causes of eye motor disorders, visual pathway, visual field scotomas. Clinical signs, diagnostic possibilities in case of correction with optical aid.
- Learning outcomes
- Students get knowledge about neurological causes of eye motor disorders, their clinical sings and diagnostic possibilities in case of correction with optical aid.
- Syllabus
- Visual pathway anatomy and pupilomotor pathway. Neuro-ophthalmic examination – anamneses, examination of the bulbus, motility, visual acuity, visual field. Electrophysiological methods – ERG, EOG, VEP, EMG. Imagination methods – skiascopy, CT, NMR, ultrasound, fluorescence angiography. Headache and eye, vision disorders – scotomas, hemianopsia. Examination of the diplopia. Examination on Hess screen. Nystagmus – definition and classification. Pupil and pupil reaction. Changes of discus optici – inherited disorders, atrophy, pressing, inflammations, tumours and injures of the optic nerve. Chiasma diseases, retrochiasmatic diseases. High visual centres disorders. Third nerve palsy, Fourth nerve palsy, Sixth nerve palsy, ophthalmoplegia. Ocular movement disorders with muscular cause, ptosis and pseudoptosis. Eye signs with CNS tumours, vascular disorders. Phacomatosis. Eye and nero-infection. Cortex blindness.
- Literature
- Teaching methods
- lecture
- Assessment methods
- examination
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 15.
- Enrolment Statistics (autumn 2019, recent)
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