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Differential Diagnosis for Vision Loss
Unilateral, Painful Vision Loss:
 • Corneal abrasion, Acute angle-closure glaucoma, Inflammation-iritis, uveitis,
Differential Diagnosis ... • Corneal abrasion ... , Trauma Unilateral ... , Trauma Bilateral ... #causes #ophthalmology
Congenital Nystagmus on Physical Exam
These abnormal eye movements were found in a patient with albinism. What
Congenital Nystagmus ... These abnormal eye ... Diagnosis: Congenital ... #Nystagmus #PhysicalExam ... video #neurology #ophthalmology
Seesaw Nystagmus 

Sawtooth or seesaw nystagmus is an unusual but characteristic type of nystagmus. Typically there
elevation in one eye ... depression in the other eye ... causes, such as trauma ... #sawtooth #physicalexam ... clinical #video #ophthalmology
Seesaw nystagmus 
-> eye move in an opposed vertical fashion (one goes up while the other
Seesaw nystagmus ... brainstem stroke, head trauma ... malformation, congenital ... #ophthalmology ... #ocular #PhysicalExam
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
Diagnosis Framework ... or bilateral symptoms ... • Trauma? ... Complete vision ... #ophthalmology
Congenital Rubella - On examination, the child had wandering eye movements with bilateral central, dense, white,
Congenital Rubella ... had wandering eye ... microcornea (corneal ... , 17 mm), and nystagmus ... B) #Clinical #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
Differential Diagnosis ... Trauma Cornea ... Optic Chiasm Lateral ... #differential #diagnosis ... #ophthalmology
Keratoconus: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Genetics
 • Family history of keratoconus
 • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
 • Down, Turner,
Imperfecta • Lebed's congenital ... Contact lens use • Eye ... radiation -> Bilateral ... , asymmetric corneal ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
 •
Diplopia - Double Vision ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Examine both eyes ... Functional • Corneal ... Algorithm #Causes #Ophthalmology
Characteristic eye movements found in Downbeat Nystagmus

Downbeat nystagmus (downward fast phase) is the most common of
Characteristic eye ... downgaze and also by lateral-down ... of a structural lesion ... #Vertical #Ophthalmology ... Video #Ocular #PhysicalExam