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Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis
Lids:
 • Stye (a.k.a. hordeolum)
 • Chalazion
 • Blepharitis
 • Periorbital cellulitis
Conjunctiva
Diagnosis Lids: ... hemorrhage • Dry eyes Cornea ... : • Corneal abrasion ... Keratitis (i.e. corneal ... #Diagnosis #table
Tick Borne Illnesses
 • Lyme (Borrelia)
 • Babesiosis (Babesia)
 • Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia)
 • Human
Tick Borne Illnesses ... BostonChiefs #Tick #Borne ... #Illnesses #differential ... #diagnosis #comparison ... #table #infectiousdiseases
Traumatic Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Surface Injury:
 • Corneal Abrasion
 • Ultraviolet Keratitis
 • Chemical
Traumatic Red Eye - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Surface Injury: • Corneal ... hemorrhage • Cornea ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Mosquito Borne Diseases
 - Dengue
 - Yellow Fever
 - Zika
 - Chikungunya
 - Malaria

- VA Joint
Mosquito Borne Diseases ... BostonChiefs #Mosquito #Borne ... #Diseases #comparison ... #table #diagnosis
Differential diagnoses for the neuro-ophthalmologic finding of diplopia.
Neoplastic: 
 • Intraorbital meningioma 
 • Pituitary adenoma
Differential diagnoses ... (orbital apex fracture ... , blowout fracture ... orbitopathy) • Corneal ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
conjunctiva and cornea ... function, diarrhea • Copper ... vitamin #nutrition #table ... #differential # ... diagnosis #bariatric
Subchondral Insufficiency Fracture
Imaging Findings:
 • Circle demarcating the region of edema within the medial femoral condyle.
not involve the cortex ... - previously coined ... Differential diagnosis ... medullary cavity into cortex ... clinical #Radiology #diagnosis
This is a Buckle fracture. Elevation in straight hyperechoic cortex of long bone. Distal smooth edged
This is a Buckle fracture ... straight hyperechoic cortex ... Always check comparison ... Examination + POCUS = Diagnosis ... ultrasoundREL #Buckle #Fracture
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
 •
Double Vision - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Functional • Corneal ... Orbital Floor Fracture ... #DoubleVision #Differential
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
Ptosis - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... nerve palsy • Horner ... orbital rooftop fracture ... Ptosis #neurology #Differential