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92F w acute painless monocular vision loss. What's the diagnosis?

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Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO)! Retrobulbar "spot
acute painless monocular ... What's the diagnosis ... retinal artery occlusion ... spot sign" with embolus ... #Embolus
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Diplopia: Diplopia has been explored previously on ddxof. The earlier algorithm
#Diagnosis #EM # ... Ophth #Diplopia #Monocular ... #Binocular #Orbital ... #Pinhole #Algorithm
Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO)
Clinical:
 • Sudden, painless, monocular loss of vision 
 • "Blood and
Central Retinal Vein Occlusion ... Sudden, painless, monocular ... #RetinalVein #Occlusion ... #CRVO #Diagnosis
Transient Monocular Vision loss - Differential Diagnosis
Ischemia	
 - Large artery disease (atherothrombosis, embolus, dissection).
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- Differential Diagnosis ... atherothrombosis, embolus ... - Small artery occlusive ... Retinal vein occlusion ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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- Differential Diagnosis ... almost always binocular ... Migraine is a diagnosis ... of exclusion. ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Differentiating the Four Types of Mesenteric Ischemia 

There are four types of AMI, which include arterial
include arterial embolism ... thrombosis, and non-occlusive ... thought arterial embolism ... thrombosis and embolism ... Comparison #Table #Diagnosis
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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- Differential Diagnosis ... • Vasculitis Occlusion ... Thrombosis • Septic Embolism ... bone) • Air Embolism ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Intrinsic Renal Disease - Differential Diagnosis
Vascular:
 • Macrovascular: Renal artery occlusion, Fibromuscular disease
 • Microvascular: TTP/HUS,
- Differential Diagnosis ... : Renal artery occlusion ... TTP/HUS, Athero-embolic ... #differential #diagnosis
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
due to vascular occlusion ... Differential Diagnosis ... • Paradoxical emboli ... Endocarditis Diagnosis ... #Endocarditis #diagnosis
Central Retinal Artery Occlusion: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Inflammatory Disease: (i.e. GCA, SLE, GPA) ->
Retinal Artery Occlusion ... • Cardiogenic Embolism ... Retinal Artery Occlusion ... CentralRetinalArtery #Occlusion ... ophthalmology #diagnosis