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Blurry Vision - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anatomical Approach to Eye Disease:
1. Lids/Lashes
2. Extraocular Muscles/Motility
3. Conjunctiva/Sclera
4. Cornea
5. Anterior
retinopathy • Central ... retinal vein occlusion ... poisoning • Central ... retinal vein occlusion ... (Retinal vein occlusions
Transient Monocular Vision loss - Differential Diagnosis
Ischemia	
 - Large artery disease (atherothrombosis, embolus, dissection).
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- Small artery occlusive ... optic neuropathy, vasculitis ... occlusion - Associated ... Ocular causes - ... floaters obscuring central
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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tract, and often causes ... disease, and ocular ... gastrointestinal, and/or central ... • Cogan Syndrome ... reactions, and vaso-occlusive
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
reactions, and vaso-occlusive ... Angiitis of the Central ... tract, and often causes ... gastrointestinal, and/or central ... • Cogan syndrome
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

Cryofibrinogenemia Epidemiology:
 • 40-70 years with a modest female predominance

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
malignancies, vasculitis ... thrombophlebitis, pulmonary ... emboli, and ocular ... thrombi including retinal ... Antiphospholipid syndrome
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
gland) biopsy • Ocular ... Involvement: • Central ... , INC risk PE, Pulmonary ... ) • Cutaneous vasculitis ... : 2% Systemic Vasculitis
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... skin lesions, ocular ... leukoencephalopathy (PML ... Zoster flare, ocular ... #Inflammatory #Syndrome
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Cerebral > Splenic, Pulmonary ... valvular disease • Vasculitis ... Cholesterol emboli syndrome ... due to vascular occlusion ... Treat underlying cause