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Instructions on how to perform the swinging light test to detect a relative afferent pupillary defect.

http://www.cmaj.ca/content/early/2015/01/05/cmaj.140685

Normal
Instructions on ... Instructions on ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #Ophthalmology ... #Test #Instructions
Retinal Detachment

Floaters - Cobweb appearance 
Photopsia - Flash of light 
Visual field defect - Flash of
Photopsia - Flash of light ... defect - Flash of light ... Retinal #Detachment #Diagnosis ... #Ophthalmology
Neuro-OphthaImoIogy - Visual Field Defects - Localization Map
 - Optic Nerve Lesion (Monocular vision loss)
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Neuro-OphthaImoIogy ... quadrantanopia) - Right ... Nucleus Lesion (Right ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Anatomy #Causes #Ophthalmology
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
pupil (4-6mm); • Light-near ... when reexposed to light ... females Differential Diagnosis ... asymmetry in dark and light ... PhysicalExam #neurology #ophthalmology
Visual Field Pathways and Deficits
1 Total blindness of right eye due to complete lesion of right
Total blindness of right ... complete lesion of right ... or pressure on right ... Hemianopsia #Hemianopia #Diagnosis ... #differential #ophthalmology
Argyll Robertson Pupil
Definition:
 - Irregular and small (1-2mm) pupil
 - Light-near dissociation (accommodation remains intact)
 -
-2mm) pupil - Light-near ... Pupil #neurology #diagnosis ... #ophthalmology
Anisocoria Evaluation Flow Chart - Differential Diagnosis
1. Check pupillary reaction to light 
2. Measure pupil size.
- Differential Diagnosis ... pupillary reaction to light ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Ophthalmology
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver for BPPV

Procedure:
1. Make the patient sit on examination table, such that the shoulders would
to the affected right ... Dix #Hallpike #DixHallpike ... Maneuver #BPPV #Instructions ... #Diagnosis #neurology
Pupillary Abnormalities  Overview
 - Unequal Pupils (anisocoria)
 - Tonic pupil (Adie's pupil)
 - OculomotorNerve (CN
do not react to light ... #Diagnosis #Ophthalmology
Isocoria - Pupillary Defects - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative Afferent Pupil Defect
 • Optic Neuritis
 • Ischemic
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Syphilis (light-near ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #Causes #Ophthalmology