Orbital Disease
- Previous year questions on Orbital Disease for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Ophthalmology section of the exam.
- Most questions here come from previous-year papers of Indian postgraduate medical entrance and licensing exams; where a paper and year are recorded the question carries them. The image-based questions are original vignettes written around an openly licensed figure, and were never asked in any exam.
- 24 live questions in Orbital Disease.
- 3 of 24 questions carry a verified exam year: 2017, 2019, 2020.
- Ophthalmology is worth about 10 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 28 Aug 2026.
Q1.What is the diagnosis for a patient with unilateral proptosis with bilateral 6th nerve palsy with chemosis and euthyroid status?
- ACavernous sinus thrombosis✓ Correct answer
- BThyroid ophthalmopathy
- CRetinoblastoma
- DOrbital pseudotumour
Q2.middle aged women with B/L proptosis with restricted ocular movements and chemosis is euthyroid what is probable diagnosis
- AOrbital cellulitis
- BThyroid ophthalmopathy✓ Correct answer
- CPseudotumor of orbit
- Dorbital lymphoma
Q3.The most common cause of proptosis in adults:-
- AOrbital cellulitis
- BPreseptal cellulitis
- CThyroid eye disease✓ Correct answer
- DCapillary hemangioma
Q4.UNILATERAL proptosis with BILATERAL sixth nerve palsy
- Acavernous sinus thrombosis✓ Correct answer
- Bthyroid ophthalmopathy
- CRetinoblastoma
- DOrbital psuedotumour
Q5.All of the following are false about eye lid signs in GRAVES DISEASE except?
- AStellwag's sign: Incomplete and infrequent blinking✓ Correct answer
- BVon Graefe's sign: lid retraction
- CDalrymple sign: lid lag on downgaze
- DMobius sign: difficulty in eveing the upper lid
Q6.Which of the following tumor most commonly presents with bilateral proptosis?
- ALeukemia✓ Correct answer
- BAdenocarcinoma
- CFibrous histiocytoma
- DCavernous hemangioma
Q7.Most common type of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in the orbit:
- AB-cell✓ Correct answer
- BT-cell
- CNK-cell
- DPlasma cell
Q8.Which of the following is not an indication for evisceration?
- AMalignancy✓ Correct answer
- BPanophthalmitis
- CSevere globe trauma
- DExpulsive hemorrhage
Q9.Sign of thyroid ophthalmopathy ?
- AVan Graefe's sign
- BDalrymple's sign
- CJoffroy's sing
- DAll of the above✓ Correct answer
Q10.Intermittent proptosis is a sign of:
- APseudotumour
- BCarotico-cavernous fistula
- CCapillary haemangioma
- DOrbital varices✓ Correct answer
Answer key
Q1: A. Cavernous sinus thrombosis; Q2: B. Thyroid ophthalmopathy; Q3: C. Thyroid eye disease; Q4: A. cavernous sinus thrombosis; Q5: A. Stellwag's sign: Incomplete and infrequent blinking; Q6: A. Leukemia; Q7: A. B-cell; Q8: A. Malignancy; Q9: D. All of the above; Q10: D. Orbital varices.
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