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Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic: 
  - Cornea: Scarring, Edema
  - Lens: Cataracts
degeneration - Retina ... Lens Dislocation, Retinal ... Detachment, Central Retinal ... Occlusion, Central Retinal ... Optic Neuropathy, Retinal
Blurry Vision - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anatomical Approach to Eye Disease:
1. Lids/Lashes
2. Extraocular Muscles/Motility
3. Conjunctiva/Sclera
4. Cornea
5. Anterior
Retina 11. ... nerve swelling Retina ... vein occlusion - Retinal ... more common than retinal ... vein occlusion (Retinal
Ocular Ultrasound Pocketcard
Painless Vision Loss
 • Retinal Detachment 
 • Posterior Vitreous Detachment 
 • Vitreous
Ocular Ultrasound ... Loss • Retinal ... • Central Retinal ... Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension ... Loss • Retinal
Differential Diagnosis for Vision Loss
Unilateral, Painful Vision Loss:
 • Corneal abrasion, Acute angle-closure glaucoma, Inflammation-iritis, uveitis,
Corneal abrasion ... caustic exposure to eye ... Loss: • Retinal ... detachment or hemorrhage ... , Retinal artery
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
Optic neuritis • Retinal ... detachment • Central retinal ... occlusion • Central retinal ... • Is the eye painful ... Complete vision
Floaters - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Vitreous Floaters:
• Microscopic collagen fibers within the vitreous that tend to clump
shadows on the retina ... specks in the vision ... temporary dimming of vision ... syneresis • Vitreous hemorrhage ... Differential #Diagnosis #Ocular
Submacular Hemorrhage on Ocular POCUS

Adult patient presents with painless vision loss. Ocular US is performed, what
with painless vision ... scattered pre-retinal ... and intra-retinal ... University of Michigan Ultrasound ... #clinical #ultrasound
A high-resolution 7.5- 10-MHz or higher linear array ultrasound transducer is used to perform an ocular
using a closed-eye ... rupture, vitreous hemorrhage ... , or retinal detachment ... retinal #detachment ... #vitreous #hemorrhage
Chronic Vision Loss by Anatomic Location - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cornea:
 • Keratoconus
 • Stromal Scaring
 •
Diagnosis Algorithm Cornea ... • Age Related Macular ... Degeneration (Wet, Dry) Retina ... Micro-aneurysms, Hemorrhage ... and Macular Edema
Transient Monocular Vision loss - Differential Diagnosis
Ischemia	
 - Large artery disease (atherothrombosis, embolus, dissection).
  -
, vasculitis) Retinal ... coagulopathy Retinal ... vasospasm / retinal ... understood vasospasm of retinal ... Ocular causes -