MRCP UK EXAMINATIONS

NEUROLOGY

OCULAR PALSIES

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The term retinal detachment is used to describe the separation between the neurosensory retina and the retinal pigment epithelium. The three categories that describe the cause of the most common rockfalls are:
A
Rhegmatogenous detachment, tractional detachment, exudative detachment
B
Detachment due to fluid accumulation, detachment due to pressure, and detachment due to trauma
C
Detachment due to disease, detachment due to rupture, detachment due to traction
D
Serous detachment, traction detachment, detachment due to systemic diseases
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Retinal detachment is separation of the neurosensory retina from the underlying retinal pigment epithelium. The most common cause is a retinal break (a tear or, less commonly, a hole-rhegmatogenous detachment).

Detailed explanation-2: -What is retinal detachment? Retinal detachment is an eye problem that happens when your retina (a light-sensitive layer of tissue in the back of your eye) is pulled away from its normal position at the back of your eye.

Detailed explanation-3: -Retinal detachment means the retina has separated from the back of the eye.

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