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The detached retina appears as a thick, hyperechoic band in the vitreous chamber, anchored posteriorly to
The detached retina ... the optic disc #Clinical ... #Ophth #POCUS # ... Ocular #Retinal ... RetinalDetachment #ALiEM
Floaters - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Vitreous Floaters:
• Microscopic collagen fibers within the vitreous that tend to clump
shadows on the retina ... visual field defect are ... tear/holeRetinal ... of a headache, normal ... Differential #Diagnosis #Ocular
Normal eye - Anterior chamber (a): Located between hyperechoic cornea anteriorly and iris posteriorly Lens (L):
globe and the retina ... chamber #Clinical ... #EM #Ophth #POCUS ... #Ocular #Normal ... #ALiEM
Age-related Macular Degeneration on Fundoscopy Ocular Examination

Patient with age-related macular degeneration, with bilateral geographic atrophy, with
Age-related Macular ... Ocular Examination ... with posterior pole ... #Retina #Ocular ... #PhysicalExam #clinical
Age Related Macular Degeneration: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Photoreceptor atrophy 
-> Extracellular debris (drusen) from RPE atrophy/metabolism
Age Related Macular ... from choroid to retina ... Nutrients cannot reach retina ... products from retina ... blood under the retina
Asteroid Hyalosis- ...Slit-lamp examination of the left eye revealed multiple sparkling, white, globular, refractile, dotlike opacities
opacities moved with ocular ... in each eye was normal ... the view of the retina ... during clinical ... #NEJM #clinical