{"id":26749,"date":"2018-09-23T07:48:33","date_gmt":"2018-09-23T07:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/?p=26749"},"modified":"2022-05-10T04:49:32","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T23:19:32","slug":"corkscrew-appearance-of-retinal-vessels-medicine-mcq-cvs-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/corkscrew-appearance-of-retinal-vessels-medicine-mcq-cvs-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"Corkscrew appearance of retinal vessels &#8211; Medicine MCQ &#8211; CVS &#8211; Answer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Corkscrew appearance of retinal vessels &#8211; Medicine MCQ &#8211; CVS &#8211; Answer<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Emhg9dOqbsM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Corkscrew appearance of retinal vessels is seen in &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Correct answer: b) Coarctation of aorta<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tortuous corkscrew shaped retinal vessels are seen in coarctation of aorta [1].<\/p>\n<p>The fundus finding in Takayasu arteritis is \u2018wreath like appearance\u2019. In fact original description of the disorder was by Mikito Takayasu, an Ophthalmologist in 1908 as wreath like arteriovenous anastomosis around the optic disc. This appearance occurs in a relatively late stage of the disease.<\/p>\n<p>Roth\u2019s spots are seen on the retina in infective endocarditis.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/corkscrew-appearance-of-retinal-vessels-medicine-mcq-cvs\/\"><strong>Back to question<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Reference<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Granstrom KO.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC1323703\/\">Retinal changes in coarctation of the aorta<\/a>.\u00a0Br J Ophthalmol. 1951 Mar;35(3):143-8. (Free full text at Pubmed Central).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corkscrew appearance of retinal vessels &#8211; Medicine MCQ &#8211; CVS &#8211; Answer Corkscrew appearance of retinal vessels is seen in &#8211;\u00a0Correct answer: b) Coarctation of aorta Tortuous corkscrew shaped retinal vessels are seen in coarctation of aorta [1]. The fundus finding in Takayasu arteritis is \u2018wreath like appearance\u2019. In fact original description of the disorder [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26748,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-medicine-mcq-cvs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Corkscrew appearance of retinal vessels - Medicine MCQ - CVS - Answer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Corkscrew appearance of retinal vessels - Medicine MCQ - CVS - Answer: b) Coarctation of aorta. 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