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Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic: 
  - Cornea: Scarring, Edema
  - Lens: Cataracts
- Differential Diagnosis ... Abrasion, Anterior Uveitis ... Dislocation, Retinal Detachment ... Vein Occlusion, Ischemic ... #causes #ophthalmology
Floaters - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Vitreous Floaters:
• Microscopic collagen fibers within the vitreous that tend to clump
- Differential Diagnosis ... Flashes DDX: Ophthalmic ... Vertebrobasilar transient ischemic ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Ocular #ophthalmology
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
- Differential Diagnosis ... Episcleritis Ocular ... neuritis • Retinal detachment ... Conjunctivitis #ocular ... #ophthalmology
Orbital Apex Syndrome secondary to Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus (HZO)

This 81 yo male was referred to our
exam revealed a uveitis ... acetate to help with ocular ... response to IV steroids ... #HZO #clinical ... #video #ophthalmology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... Eye involvement (uveitis ... retinal tears, Ischemia ... inhibitors • Uveitis ... - Ophthalmology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
neurologic, and ophthalmic ... vertebral, temporal, ophthalmic ... Diagnosis = clinical ... not be subtle e.g ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology
Asteroid Hyalosis- ...Slit-lamp examination of the left eye revealed multiple sparkling, white, globular, refractile, dotlike opacities
see source for video ... opacities moved with ocular ... A diagnosis of asteroid ... #NEJM #clinical ... #slit #lamp #ophthalmology
Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Risk factors -> Incr IOP, Incr age, African-American
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... intra- or peri-ocular ... alteration in ECM ... nerve head - Ischemic ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology