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The detached retina appears as a thick, hyperechoic band in the vitreous chamber, anchored posteriorly to
The detached retina ... disc #Clinical #Ophth ... #POCUS #Ocular ... #Retinal #Detachment ... RetinalDetachment #ALiEM
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. ... Ocular Adverse Effects ... nerve swelling Retina ... - Retinal vein occlusions ... (Retinal vein occlusions
Eye Anatomy and Key Diagnoses Rule of 2s - Posterior Eye - Use fundoscopy and ultrasound
Diagnoses Rule of 2s - Posterior ... ultrasound #Diagnosis #Ophth ... #Pathology #Posterior ... Table #Vitreous #Retina ... #OpticNerve #ALiEM
Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic: 
  - Cornea: Scarring, Edema
  - Lens: Cataracts
degeneration - Retina ... Lens Dislocation, Retinal ... Detachment, Central Retinal ... Occlusion, Central Retinal ... Optic Neuropathy, Retinal
Ocular Ultrasound Pocketcard
Painless Vision Loss
 • Retinal Detachment 
 • Posterior Vitreous Detachment 
 • Vitreous
Ocular Ultrasound ... Loss • Retinal ... Detachment • Posterior ... Hemorrhage • Central Retinal ... Loss • Retinal
Floaters - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Vitreous Floaters:
• Microscopic collagen fibers within the vitreous that tend to clump
shadows on the retina ... suggestive of retinal ... specks in the vision ... temporary dimming of vision ... Differential #Diagnosis #Ocular
Blurry vision in a patient with HIV/AIDS
Anterior Segment:
 • Herpes zoster ophthalmicus
 • Keratitis (HSV, Staph,
Blurry vision in ... including rifabutin) Posterior ... retinitis* • Ocular ... retinitis* • Acute retinal ... Progressive Outer Retinal
Normal eye - Anterior chamber (a): Located between hyperechoic cornea anteriorly and iris posteriorly Lens (L):
globe and the retina ... adheres to its posterior ... #Clinical #EM #Ophth ... #POCUS #Ocular ... #Normal #ALiEM
Transient Monocular Vision loss - Differential Diagnosis
Ischemia	
 - Large artery disease (atherothrombosis, embolus, dissection).
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, vasculitis) Retinal ... vein occlusion ... coagulopathy Retinal ... vasospasm / retinal ... understood vasospasm of retinal
Retinal Vasculitis in Takayasu’s Arteritis- ...Ophthalmologic examination revealed severe impairment, with perception of only light in
Retinal Vasculitis ... circulation in retinal ... showed segmented retinal ... showed that the retinal ... #angiography #retinal