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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
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 ... Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... cardiomyopathy, Horner ... syndrome, Sudden
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
Acute Closed Angle Glaucoma: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
OPHTHALMIC EMERGENCY: Early detection is essential, but most patients
• Significant cause ... most frequent cause ... -> crowding of ocular ... obstruction • Corneal ... ClosedAngle #Glaucoma #pathophysiology
Alexia Without Agraphia
Alexia without agraphia is a disconnection syndrome where patients cannot read but can write.
disconnection syndrome ... the most common cause ... Pathophysiology: ... non-dominant visual cortex ... neurology #diagnosis #pathophysiology
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
• Locked-in syndrome ... • Mutism Pathophysiology ... the bilateral cortex ... light reflex • Corneal ... • Vestibulo-ocular
Aqueous Humor Production and Drainage
 • Provides nutrition, removes wastes, and transports neurotransmitters to the avascular
avascular lens and cornea ... structural integrity of ocular ... of flow) -> AH passes ... suprachoroidal space -> Passes ... Drainage #flow #Pathophysiology
Horner's Syndrome: Loss of sympathetic nervous system input to (in this case)left eye. 
Note that left
Horner's Syndrome ... Goldberg, M.D. - UCSD ... Ophthalmology #Photo ... #Horners #Syndrome ... #Ptosis #UCSDH