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Diabetic Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Mild Non-proliferative DR
 • Outpouchings of the weakened capillary walls or
Diabetic Retinopathy ... Pathogenesis and clinical ... #ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #complications ... #pathophysiology
Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic: 
  - Cornea: Scarring, Edema
  - Lens: Cataracts
Chronic: - Cornea ... : Diabetic retinopathy ... Painful: Keratitis, Corneal ... Vein Occlusion, Ischemic ... Diagnosis #causes #ophthalmology
Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO)
 - Pathophysiology not fully understood; possibly due to thrombus located in
Central Retinal ... Occlusion (CRVO) - Pathophysiology ... common cause: Diabetic ... retinopathy) #Clinical ... #Ophthalmology
Central Retinal Artery Occlusion: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Inflammatory Disease: (i.e. GCA, SLE, GPA) ->
Pathogenesis and clinical ... edema caused by ischemia ... axons death due to ischemia ... Occlusion #CRAO #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Chronic Hypertensive Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Ophthalmic Artery Hypertension
Stage 1: Mild/vasoconstrictive
 • Acute and chronic vasospasm
Pathogenesis and clinical ... causes fluffy white ischemic ... #Retinopathy #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology ... signs #symptoms #complications
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Diagnosis Algorithm Clinical ... Functional • Corneal ... • Diabetes Mellitus ... • Diabetes Mellitus ... Algorithm #Causes #Ophthalmology
Retinoblastoma: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Sporadic mutation -> One allele of RB1 tumor suppressor gene
Pathogenesis and clinical ... Signs / Symptoms / Complications ... spread • Sub-retinal ... Retinoblastoma #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Keratoconus: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Genetics
 • Family history of keratoconus
 • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
 • Down, Turner,
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Bilateral, asymmetric corneal ... Signs / Symptoms / Complications ... #Keratoconus #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Diabetic Foot: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Polyol Pathway - Excess glucose enters Polyol pathway ->
Diabetic Foot: Pathogenesis ... and clinical findings ... Oxidative stress, Ischemia ... #DiabeticFoot #pathophysiology ... #complications
Hyperopia: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Axial length of eye -> Short axial length of the
Pathogenesis and clinical ... of the eye (ex. cornea ... point behind the retina ... #Hyperopia #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology