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Blurry Vision - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anatomical Approach to Eye Disease:
1. Lids/Lashes
2. Extraocular Muscles/Motility
3. Conjunctiva/Sclera
4. Cornea
5. Anterior
Cornea 5. ... Concussion Other Causes ... angle-closure glaucoma • GCA ... differential #diagnosis #ophthalmology ... #causes
Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO)
 - Pathophysiology not fully understood; possibly due to thrombus located in
Central Retinal Vein Occlusion ... (CRVO) - Pathophysiology ... of vision loss ... ) #Clinical #Ophthalmology ... #Fundoscopy #Central
Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic: 
  - Cornea: Scarring, Edema
  - Lens: Cataracts
Vision Loss - Differential ... Chronic: - Cornea ... @amouradmd #Vision ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes ... #ophthalmology
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
Is visual loss caused ... the optic nerve caused ... vision in patients ... altitudinal defect • Fundoscopy ... #Rheumatology #Ophthalmology
Differential Diagnosis for Vision Loss
Unilateral, Painful Vision Loss:
 • Corneal abrasion, Acute angle-closure glaucoma, Inflammation-iritis, uveitis,
Diagnosis for Vision ... Loss: • Corneal ... artery or vein occlusion ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #ophthalmology
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
retinal artery occlusion ... Central retinal vein occlusion ... any subjective vision ... Complete vision ... differential #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Hyperopia: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Axial length of eye -> Short axial length of the
of the eye may alter ... of the eye (ex. cornea ... -> Blurry near vision ... #Hyperopia #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Central Retinal Artery Occlusion: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Inflammatory Disease: (i.e. GCA, SLE, GPA) ->
Retinal Artery Occlusion ... GCA, SLE, GPA) - ... retinal edema caused ... #CRAO #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Diplopia - Double Vision ... a mass as the cause ... a diagnosis of exclusion ... Functional • Corneal ... #Ophthalmology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
cell arteritis (GCA ... claudication, headaches, vision ... identifies 85 to 95% of cases ... (Cornelia NEJM ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology