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Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
Conjunctivitis, corneal ... Blepharitis Cornea ... Foreign body • Infectious ... Unilateral or bilateral symptoms ... • Corneal ulcer
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
 •
to Headaches - Differential ... papilledema • Horner ... ) • Systemic symptoms ... lesion • CNS infection ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #neurology
Fusarium Eye Infections - Keratitis and Endophthalmitis
Fungal Keratitis is an infection of the cornea that is
of the cornea that ... will result in corneal ... hours-days of symptom ... during fungemia) • Symptoms ... Endophthalmitis #ocular
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
Ptosis - Differential ... Neurogenic Ptosis - Neurologic ... nerve palsy • Horner ... Syndrome #Ptosis #neurology ... #Differential #
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
 •
Double Vision - Differential ... • Neurologic ... symptoms suggest ... Functional • Corneal ... #DoubleVision #Differential
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
and Headache - Differential ... hypothalamus, and visual cortex ... - Autonomic symptoms ... glaucoma - Ocular ... ophthalmology #Neurology
Bitot's Spots- A 4-year-old boy was brought by his father to the ophthalmology clinic with a
near the outer corners ... The ocular findings ... as a result of corneal ... #NEJM #clinical ... #photo #ophth #bitot
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Cord Disorders - Differential ... Infections: - ... - Vit B12 and copper ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology ... #differential
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Nodular or ... NTM Pearls: • Corneal ... gastrointestinal symptoms ... • Clinical (Symptoms ... #differential #
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
with systemic, neurologic ... very remarkable w/differential ... vasculitis vs infection ... 95% of cases (Cornelia ... NEJM 2014).