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Below are the DOCK Topics for Retina/Vitreous organized by sections. These Topics provide a high-level view of the information that may be assessed in the ABO’s DOCK examination.
| Diagnostic Tests (3 topics) | |
| 1. Echography (Ultrasound) 2. Fluorescein angiography 3. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) | |
| Macular Diseases (7 topics) | |
| 4. Age-related macular degeneration 5. Epiretinal membrane (ERM) 6. Idiopathic central serous chorioretinopathy (CSR) 7. Macular hole 8. Ocular histoplasmosis syndrome 9. Pathologic myopia (myopic degeneration) 10. Vitreomacular traction syndrome | |
| Retinal Vascular Diseases (9 topics) | |
| 11. Acquired retinal macroaneurysm 12. Branch retinal artery occlusion (BRAO) 13. Branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) 14. Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) 15. Central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) 16. Cystoid macular edema 17. Diabetic macular edema 18. Diabetic retinopathy 19. Retinopathy of prematurity | |
| Chorioretinal Inflammations (8 topics) | |
| 20. Cytomegalovirus Retinitis 21. Multifocal choroiditis with panuveitis 22. Multiple evanescent white dot syndrome (MEWDS) 23. Necrotizing herpetic retinitis: acute retinal necrosis (ARN) and progressive outer retinal necrosis 24. Intermediate uveitis/ Pars planitis 25. Sarcoidosis 26. Toxocariasis posterior uveitis 27. Toxoplasmosis | |
| Retinal / Choroidal Dystrophies (2 topics) | |
| 28. Juvenile Retinoschisis 29. Retinitis pigmentosa | |
| Retinal Degenerations (1 topic) | |
| 30. Chloroquine and its derivatives (drug toxicity) | |
| Peripheral Retinal Abnormalities (12 topics) | |
| 31. Atrophic holes 32. Degenerative Retinoschisis 33. Exudative retinal detachment 34. Flap or horseshoe tears 35. Giant retinal tear 36. Lattice degeneration 37. Operculated retinal holes 38. Posterior vitreous detachment 39. Retinal Dialyses 40. Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment 41. Tractional retinal detachment 42. Traumatic breaks | |
| Diseases of the Vitreous (1 topic) | |
| 43. Spontaneous vitreous hemorrhage | |
| Posterior Segment Trauma (13 topics) | |
| 44. Acute onset post-operative endophthalmitis 45. Choroidal rupture 46. Chronic or delayed onset endophthalmitis following cataract surgery 47. Commotio retinae 48. Endophthalmitis associated with filtering or inadvertent blebs 49. Hemorrhagic Choroidal Detachment 50. Intraocular foreign body 51. Ocular penetrating and perforating injury 52. Post-operative serous choroidal detachment 53. Post-traumatic endophthalmitis 54. Scleral rupture 55. Sclopetaria 56. Shaken baby syndrome | |
| Tumors (5 topics) | |
| 57. Ocular and central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma 58. Melanoma of the ciliary body or choroid 59. Nevus of the choroid 60. Vascular tumors of the Choroid and Retina 61. Retinoblastoma | |
| Surgery (11 topics) | |
| 62. Focal laser treatment of diabetic macular edema 63. Lasers 64. Pars plana vitrectomy 65. Photocoagulation for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) 66. Photocoagulation for Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy 67. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) 68. Pneumatic retinopexy 69. Scleral buckle 70. Vitrectomy for complex retinal detachment 71. Vitrectomy for posterior segment complications of anterior segment surgery 72. Vitrectomy for selected macular diseases | |