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Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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• Look for ptosis ... Orbital Floor Fracture ... depressed, abducted, ptosis ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Ophthalmology
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
Direct or indirect trauma ... orbital rooftop fracture ... retraction of one eye ... contralateral eye ... Differential #Diagnosis #ophthalmology
Horner's Syndrome: Loss of sympathetic nervous system input to (in this case) right eye. 
Note that
) right eye. ... greater portion of eye ... left (known as ptosis ... Images #Clinical #Ophthalmology ... Horners #Syndrome #Ptosis
Amblyopia - Lazy Eye - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Deprivational - Obstruction of Visual Axis:
 • Ptosis
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Amblyopia - Lazy Eye ... Visual Axis: • Ptosis ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Ophthalmology
Seesaw nystagmus 
-> eye move in an opposed vertical fashion (one goes up while the other
nystagmus -> eye ... , eye moving down ... commonly parasellar masses ... brainstem stroke, head trauma ... Seesaw #nystagmus #ophthalmology
Hyphema on Physical Exam

Hyphema is a collection of blood in the anterior chamber of the eye,
chamber of the eye ... , usually caused ... by trauma. ... clinical #video #ophthalmology
Horner's Syndrome on Physical Exam

A 75yoF was referred in for facial swelling and eyelid changes 1
and ptosis (both ... ) of the right eye ... experience, the cause ... Bennett & Bloom Eye ... clinical #video #ophthalmology
Traumatic Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Surface Injury:
 • Corneal Abrasion
 • Ultraviolet Keratitis
 • Chemical
Traumatic Red Eye ... alkali) Blunt Trauma ... Hyphema, history of trauma ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Ophthalmology
Anisocoria - Pupillary Defects - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Physiological - Simple Anisocoria ( <O.5mm)
 - Anisocoria equal
Preganglionic - Ptosis ... Idiopathic • Trauma ... Dissection • Trauma ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Ophthalmology
Differential Diagnosis for Vision Loss
Unilateral, Painful Vision Loss:
 • Corneal abrasion, Acute angle-closure glaucoma, Inflammation-iritis, uveitis,
caustic exposure to eye ... , Trauma Unilateral ... , Trauma Bilateral ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #ophthalmology