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Blurry Vision - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anatomical Approach to Eye Disease:
1. Lids/Lashes
2. Extraocular Muscles/Motility
3. Conjunctiva/Sclera
4. Cornea
5. Anterior
Cornea 5. ... Trauma Cornea ... Keratitis • Corneal ... Nucleus Visual Cortex ... ophthalmology #causes
Horner's Syndrome: Loss of sympathetic nervous system input to (in this case) right eye. 
Note that
Horner's Syndrome ... Goldberg, M.D. - UCSD ... Ophthalmology #Photo ... #Horners #Syndrome ... #Ptosis #UCSDH
All About Horner's Syndrome

Horner's syndrome, known as 
"oculosympathetic paresis" by people 
who don't have friends, is
have friends, is caused ... in 1855 by Ed Horner ... and discovered a syndrome ... DGlaucomflecken #Horners ... Ophthalmology #Diagnosis #Neurology
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
 •
Causes of Hemiplegia ... Contralateral motor cortex ... /Sub-Cortical (Corona ... Brown-Sequard Syndrome ... #Hemiplegia #Neurology
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
Erb's Palsy is caused ... "claw hand" ± Horner ... Syndrome Wrist ... Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ... Myotomes #diagnosis #neurology
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
Neurogenic Ptosis - Neurologic ... nerve palsy • Horner ... lens wearing • Ocular ... #Ptosis #neurology ... ophthalmology #ocular
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... cardiomyopathy, Horner ... syndrome, Sudden ... management #treatment #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 ... deficiency can also cause ... as a result of corneal ... NEJM #clinical #photo
Horner's Syndrome: Loss of sympathetic nervous system input to (in this case) right eye. 
Note that
Horner's Syndrome ... Goldberg, M.D. - UCSD ... Ophthalmology #Photo ... #Horners #Syndrome ... #Ptosis #UCSDH
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
• Locked-in syndrome ... the bilateral cortex ... light reflex • Corneal ... • Vestibulo-ocular ... #PhysicalExam #neurology