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Ocular Ultrasound Pocketcard
Painless Vision Loss
 • Retinal Detachment 
 • Posterior Vitreous Detachment 
 • Vitreous
Detachment • ... Posterior Vitreous ... Detachment • ... Vitreous Hemorrhage ... #differential #diagnosis
Floaters - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Vitreous Floaters:
• Microscopic collagen fibers within the vitreous that tend to clump
- Differential Diagnosis ... detachment. ... detachmentRetinal ... detachmentRetinal ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Eye Anatomy and Key Diagnoses Rule of 2s - Posterior Eye - Use fundoscopy and ultrasound
Anatomy and Key Diagnoses ... Posterior Eye - Use fundoscopy ... and ultrasound #Diagnosis ... RuleOfTwos #Table #Vitreous ... Retina #OpticNerve #ALiEM
Retinal Detachment
 - Posterior vitreous shrinks with advancing age (aka synchysis senilis), pulling on the retina.
Retinal Detachment ... - Posterior vitreous ... allows liquefied vitreous ... Ophthalmology #Fundoscopy ... #Retinal #Detachment
POCUS for Ocular Ultrasound - Visual Abstract
How accurate is point-of-care ultrasound for diagnosing retinal detachment (RD),
ultrasound for diagnosing ... retinal detachment ... • Retinal Detachment ... podcast/ocular-pocus-retinal-detachment-vitreous-hemorrhage ... ultrasound #POCUS #diagnosis
Posterior Vitreous Detachment
 - Most common cause of retinal holes and tears 
 - May lead
Posterior Vitreous ... common cause of retinal ... rhegmatoqenous retinal ... Posterior vitreous ... #Diagnosis
POCUS for Posterior Ocular Ultrasound - Visual Abstract
What are the test characteristics of POCUS in diagnosing
characteristics of POCUS in diagnosing ... retinal detachment ... detachment, and ... • Retinal Detachment ... ultrasound #POCUS #diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis for Vision Loss
Unilateral, Painful Vision Loss:
 • Corneal abrasion, Acute angle-closure glaucoma, Inflammation-iritis, uveitis,
Differential Diagnosis ... detachment, Vitreous ... detachment or hemorrhage ... , Retinal artery ... #differential #diagnosis
The detached retina appears as a thick, hyperechoic band in the vitreous chamber, anchored posteriorly to
hyperechoic band in the vitreous ... POCUS #Ocular #Retinal ... #Detachment #RetinalDetachment ... #ALiEM
Retinoblastoma: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Sporadic mutation -> One allele of RB1 tumor suppressor gene
absent or partial retinal ... Spheroid mass in vitreous ... spread • Sub-retinal ... detachment • ... ophthalmology #diagnosis