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Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis
Lids:
 • Stye (a.k.a. hordeolum)
 • Chalazion
 • Blepharitis
 • Periorbital cellulitis
Conjunctiva
Red Eye - Differential ... hemorrhage • Dry eyes ... Cornea: • Corneal ... Diagnosis #table #causes ... #ophthalmology
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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• Examine both eyes ... Functional • Corneal ... large/unreactive pupil ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Ophthalmology
Adie's Pupil on Physical Exam

Adie's pupil is a neurological disorder characterized by a tonically dilated pupil
It is caused by ... innervation of the eye ... of the eye and ... #PhysicalExam # ... clinical #video #ophthalmology
Traumatic Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Surface Injury:
 • Corneal Abrasion
 • Ultraviolet Keratitis
 • Chemical
Traumatic Red Eye ... alkali) Blunt Trauma ... iridodialysis • Pupil ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Ophthalmology
Instructions on how to perform the swinging light test to detect a relative afferent pupillary defect.

http://www.cmaj.ca/content/early/2015/01/05/cmaj.140685

Normal
into right (R) eye ... back to right eye ... into right (R) eye ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #Ophthalmology
Trachoma: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Environmental Factors -> Bacterial infection is encouraged by poor hygiene
Transmission -> Eye-seeking ... of the limbal cornea ... trauma • Decreased ... Lubrication • Dry eye ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology
Approach to an Eye Exam

1. History
2. Obvious Physical Trauma
3. Initial Assessment
  A. Visual Acuity
Approach to an Eye ... Obvious Physical Trauma ... Pupils a. ... Cornea D. ... #PhysicalExam
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
Adie's Pupil What ... dissociation • Other causes ... (trauma/orbital ... #PhysicalExam # ... neurology #ophthalmology
Adie’s Tonic Pupil on Physical Exam

A young female was referred in for a sudden onset anisocoria.
recent illness or trauma ... In this case, the ... than 3mm in this case ... clinical #video #ophthalmology ... #physicalexam #
Anisocoria - Pupillary Defects - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Physiological - Simple Anisocoria ( <O.5mm)
 - Anisocoria equal
- 10% cocaine: pupils ... Idiopathic • Trauma ... Dissection • Trauma ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Ophthalmology