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Floaters - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Vitreous Floaters:
• Microscopic collagen fibers within the vitreous that tend to clump
- Differential Diagnosis ... vitreous detachment ... vitreous detachment ... • Retinal detachment ... (posterior vitreous
Ocular Ultrasound Pocketcard
Painless Vision Loss
 • Retinal Detachment 
 • Posterior Vitreous Detachment 
 • Vitreous
Detachment • ... Posterior Vitreous ... Vitreous Hemorrhage ... Artery Occlusion ... #differential #diagnosis
Eye Anatomy and Key Diagnoses Rule of 2s - Posterior Eye - Use fundoscopy and ultrasound
Key Diagnoses Rule ... of 2s - Posterior ... Eye - Use fundoscopy ... RuleOfTwos #Table #Vitreous ... #Retina #OpticNerve
Blurry Vision - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anatomical Approach to Eye Disease:
1. Lids/Lashes
2. Extraocular Muscles/Motility
3. Conjunctiva/Sclera
4. Cornea
5. Anterior
- Differential Diagnosis ... Vitreous 9. ... : • Detachment ... - Retinal vein occlusions ... (Retinal vein occlusions
Retinal Detachment
 - Posterior vitreous shrinks with advancing age (aka synchysis senilis), pulling on the retina.
Retinal Detachment ... - Posterior vitreous ... - Pulling can cause ... Ophthalmology #Fundoscopy ... #Retinal #Detachment
Differential Diagnosis for Vision Loss
Unilateral, Painful Vision Loss:
 • Corneal abrasion, Acute angle-closure glaucoma, Inflammation-iritis, uveitis,
Differential Diagnosis ... detachment, Vitreous ... , Retinal artery ... or vein occlusion ... #causes #ophthalmology
Posterior Vitreous Detachment
 - Most common cause of retinal holes and tears 
 - May lead
Posterior Vitreous ... Most common cause ... Posterior vitreous ... #Posterior #Vitreous ... #Diagnosis
Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic: 
  - Cornea: Scarring, Edema
  - Lens: Cataracts
- Differential Diagnosis ... Chronic: - ... Detachment, Central ... Retinal Vein Occlusion ... #causes #ophthalmology
Transient Monocular Vision loss - Differential Diagnosis
Ischemia	
 - Large artery disease (atherothrombosis, embolus, dissection).
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- Differential Diagnosis ... - Small artery occlusive ... vein occlusion ... changes in gaze/eye ... chamber hemorrhage, vitreous
44M with h/o DM2 and insulin noncompliance presents w R eye visual loss x 3d. What's
Diagnosis: Vitreous ... consult: acute and chronic ... without retinal ... detachment. ... gain to evaluate posterior