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Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic: 
  - Cornea: Scarring, Edema
  - Lens: Cataracts
Chronic: - Cornea ... Painful: Keratitis, Corneal ... Dislocation, Retinal Detachment ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes ... #ophthalmology
Differential Diagnosis for Vision Loss
Unilateral, Painful Vision Loss:
 • Corneal abrasion, Acute angle-closure glaucoma, Inflammation-iritis, uveitis,
Loss: • Corneal ... caustic exposure to eye ... , Vitreous detachment ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #ophthalmology
Blurry Vision - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anatomical Approach to Eye Disease:
1. Lids/Lashes
2. Extraocular Muscles/Motility
3. Conjunctiva/Sclera
4. Cornea
5. Anterior
Cornea 5. ... Trauma Cornea ... Keratitis • Corneal ... Retina: • Detachment ... differential #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
Conjunctivitis, corneal ... , anterior and posterior ... neuritis • Retinal detachment ... Blepharitis Cornea ... • Corneal ulcer
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Diplopia - Double Vision ... Diagnosis Algorithm Clinical ... Functional • Corneal ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Ophthalmology
Keratoconus: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Genetics
 • Family history of keratoconus
 • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
 • Down, Turner,
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Contact lens use • Eye ... Bilateral, asymmetric corneal ... Rizutti's Sign • Corneal ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology
Hyperopia: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Axial length of eye -> Short axial length of the
Pathogenesis and clinical ... (ex. cornea, lens ... Retained distant vision ... -> Blurry near vision ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology
Fusarium Eye Infections - Keratitis and Endophthalmitis
Fungal Keratitis is an infection of the cornea that is
infection of the cornea ... most commonly caused ... will result in corneal ... discharge, blurry vision ... Endophthalmitis #ocular #ophthalmology
FIGURE 3. KERATIC PRECIPITATES. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS AND JONATHAN TROBE, MD.

In addition to a good
perform a thorough eye ... cells deposited on corneal ... Evaluation of the posterior ... #Clinical #Ophthalmology
Bitot's Spots- A 4-year-old boy was brought by his father to the ophthalmology clinic with a
father to the ophthalmology ... clinic with a 1 ... decreased night vision ... near the outer corners ... as a result of corneal