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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 ... -> Cotton-wool spots ... ischemia causes ... ophthalmology #diagnosis
Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic: 
  - Cornea: Scarring, Edema
  - Lens: Cataracts
- Differential Diagnosis ... Chronic: - ... : Diabetic retinopathy ... Hemorrhage, TIA ... #causes #ophthalmology
Chronic Hypertensive Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Ophthalmic Artery Hypertension
Stage 1: Mild/vasoconstrictive
 • Acute and chronic vasospasm
Chronic Hypertensive ... Pathogenesis and clinical ... -> Cotton-wool Spots ... -> Elschnig's Spots ... ophthalmology #diagnosis
Cotton Wool Spots

Caused by microinfarcts. Exploded ganglion cell axons extrude their axoplasm into retina. Long DDx:
Caused by microinfarcts ... axoplasm into retina ... hypertension, diabetes ... #fundoscopy #ophthalmology ... #Clinical
Chronic Vision Loss by Anatomic Location - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cornea:
 • Keratoconus
 • Stromal Scaring
 •
Degeneration (Wet, Dry) Retina ... - Cotton wool spots ... Micro-aneurysms, Hemorrhage ... : • Diabetic Retinopathy ... #Algorithm #Causes
Hypertensive Retinopathy on Fundoscopy Ocular Examination

Patient with grade IV hypertensive retinopathy. Papilledema, hemorrhages, and cotton-wool spots
Ocular Examination ... Papilledema, hemorrhages ... and cotton-wool spots ... Retinopathy #cottonwool #Retina ... #clinical #video
Transient Monocular Vision loss - Differential Diagnosis
Ischemia	
 - Large artery disease (atherothrombosis, embolus, dissection).
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Associated with chronic ... Caused by decreased ... Ocular causes - ... anterior chamber hemorrhage
Etiologies of Hypoaldosteronism

Hyporeninemic Hypoaldosteronism (Low Renin, Low Aldosterone)
 - Diabetic Nephropathy 
 - NSAIDs
Non-Hyporeninemic Hypoaldosteronism (Normal
Aldosterone) - Diabetic ... Inhibitors - Chronic ... insufficiency - Critical ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Comparison #Table #Causes
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
thrombosis of short ... altitudinal defect • Fundoscopy ... with splinter hemorrhages ... Clinical manifestations ... Ophthalmology #Diagnosis
44M with h/o DM2 and insulin noncompliance presents w R eye visual loss x 3d. What's
What's the Diagnosis ... consult: acute and chronic ... without retinal ... #Clinical #POCUS ... #Ocular #Ophthalmology