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Onchocerciasis “River Blindness”: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations
Vectorial Transmission
-> Onchocerca volvulus, a parasitic helminth, matures in to
Onchocerciasis “River Blindness ... Pathogenesis and Ocular ... Anterior uveitis => Blindness
Vitreous Hemorrhage on Ocular POCUS

Binocular vision loss - think cortical blindness, opt for CT/MRI
Monocular vision loss
Hemorrhage on Ocular ... think cortical blindness ... Vitreous #Hemorrhage #Ocular
Ocular Flutter in the Serotonin Syndrome

#Ocular #Flutter #Serotonin #Syndrome #Clinical #Video #PhysicalExam #Opsoclonus
Ocular Flutter in ... the Serotonin Syndrome ... #Ocular #Flutter ... #Serotonin #Syndrome
Bilateral Lens Dislocation in Marfan syndrome - Slit Lamp Ocular Examination

Dr. Sebastian Vega @oftalmopo

#Bilateral #Lens #Dislocation
Dislocation in Marfan syndrome ... - Slit Lamp Ocular ... Dislocation #Marfan #syndrome ... #Ocular #PhysicalExam
Confabulation
What? Honest Lie.  
No incoming sensory information + Filling of the blanks with different information
Diseases: Korsakoff Syndrome ... Disease, Anton's Syndrome ... , Cortical Blindness
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) - Diagnosis
Clinical Features:
 • Altered mental status (Either lethargy, confusion, or
Encephalopathy Syndrome ... hallucinations, cortical blindness ... Encephalopathy #Syndrome
Acute Closed Angle Glaucoma: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
OPHTHALMIC EMERGENCY: Early detection is essential, but most patients
Significant cause of blindness ... frequent cause of blindness ... -> crowding of ocular ... nerve damage & blindness
Clinically Important Vitamins and Vitamin Deficiency States
Fat-soluble Vitamins: 
 • Vitamin A - Xerophthalmia, night blindness,
Xerophthalmia, night blindness ... Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Clinical findings and Complications
Signs/Symptoms: 
 - Headache (usually constant, superimposed by waves
artery tender, nodular ... - Can lead to blindness
Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
- Impinges on ocular ... Impaired extra-ocular ... Endopthalmitis -> Blindness