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Important Causes of Diplopia 
TIER 1-CRITICAL
Basilar artery thrombosis, Botulism, Basilar meningitis, Aneurysmn
TIER 2-EMERGENT:
Vertebral dissection, Myasthenia gravis,
Important Causes ... of Diplopia TIER ... 1-CRITICAL Basilar ... #differential # ... diagnosis #ophthalmology
Differential diagnoses for the neuro-ophthalmologic finding of diplopia.
Neoplastic: 
 • Intraorbital meningioma 
 • Pituitary adenoma
Differential diagnoses ... for the neuro-ophthalmologic ... finding of diplopia ... neuropathy (orbital apex ... Diagnosis #Causes
Localizing Extraocular Movement Disorders
 • CN Ill (Oculomotor) Nerve Palsy 
 • CN IV (Trochlear) Nerve
IV (Trochlear) ... VI (Abducens) Nerve ... Skew Deviation Casey ... #Localization #ophthalmology ... #neurology #differential
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Vision - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm Clinical ... a mass as the cause ... Cranial Nerve IV ... #Ophthalmology
Orbital Apex Syndrome secondary to Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus (HZO)

This 81 yo male was referred to our
other potential causes ... trochlear nerve, abducens ... Ophthalmicus #HZO #clinical ... #video #ophthalmology ... #physicalexam #
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... should be based on clinical ... hemianopia and diplopia ... , palsy of the abducens ... #differential #
Left Abducens Spasm on Physical Exam

A 50 yr male with left facial spasm and diplopia, with
facial spasm and diplopia ... #Spasm #CNVI #CN6 ... #PhysicalExam # ... clinical #ocular ... #ophthalmology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
that results in CNS ... Myelitis - Clinical ... • Infectious causes ... simplex virus, HIV ... management #neurology #differential
Superior Oblique Myokymia 
Eye movement disorder where the superior oblique twitches periodically causing jumping of a
It is probably caused ... trochlear nerve (CN ... IV) at the root ... oblique #myokymia #Ophthalmology ... #Clinical #physicalexam