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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
Anatomical Approach to Eye ... Ocular Adverse Effects ... Detachment • Macular ... in vision • Eye ... with or without eye
Floaters - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Vitreous Floaters:
• Microscopic collagen fibers within the vitreous that tend to clump
• Spots in the eyes ... - photopsia on eye ... in one or both eyes ... PVD in the other eye ... Differential #Diagnosis #Ocular
Seesaw Nystagmus on Physical Exam

Ocular examination revealed rhythmic, torsional, and vertical movement in which the eye
Physical Exam Ocular ... movement in which the eye ... up as the other eye ... Ophthalmology #NEJM
Phacodonesis on Slit Lamp Ocular Examination

Phacodonesis (lens movement) in hypermature cataract.  Patient with a history
Phacodonesis on Slit Lamp Ocular ... history of acute retinal ... necrosis in that eye ... Lens #Cataract #Ocular
A high-resolution 7.5- 10-MHz or higher linear array ultrasound transducer is used to perform an ocular
to perform an ocular ... Emergency ocular ... using a closed-eye ... hemorrhage, or retinal ... retinal #detachment
Hyperopia: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Axial length of eye -> Short axial length of the
Axial length of eye ... point behind the retina ... focused onto the retina ... focused behind the retina ... #Hyperopia #pathophysiology
Retinal Vasculitis in Takayasu’s Arteritis- ...Ophthalmologic examination revealed severe impairment, with perception of only light in
Retinal Vasculitis ... light in the right eye ... motion in the left eye ... perfusion of the eye ... #NEJM #clinical
Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
all coats of the eye ... interior of the eye ... - Impinges on ocular ... Impaired extra-ocular ... Orbital #Cellulitis #pathophysiology
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
Episcleritis Ocular ... Optic neuritis • Retinal ... detachment • Central retinal ... occlusion • Central retinal ... #ocular #differential
Approach to an Eye Exam

1. History
2. Obvious Physical Trauma
3. Initial Assessment
  A. Visual Acuity
Approach to an Eye ... Ocular Movements ... Retina B. ... Blood Vessels #Ocular