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Seesaw Nystagmus 

Sawtooth or seesaw nystagmus is an unusual but characteristic type of nystagmus. Typically there
pendulum or jerk ... The pendular shape ... We have varied causes ... #sawtooth #physicalexam ... clinical #video #ophthalmology
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Causes of Dizziness ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm True ... unidirectonal nystagmus ... #Algorithm #Causes
Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Diagnostic Algorithm ... with vascular causes ... • Nystagmus: ... No auditory symptoms ... Long symptom-free
Seesaw nystagmus 
-> eye move in an opposed vertical fashion (one goes up while the other
Seesaw nystagmus ... can be either pendular ... commonly parasellar masses ... #ophthalmology ... #eye #ocular #PhysicalExam
Algorithm for the diagnostic evaluation of dizziness. (HINTS = head-impulse, nystagmus, test of skew.)
Questions regarding the
head-impulse, nystagmus ... A diagnostic algorithm ... The approach uses ... Timing of the symptom ... that provoke the symptom
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Algorithm Clinical ... • Neurologic symptoms ... a mass as the cause ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Ophthalmology
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
Is visual loss caused ... the optic nerve caused ... • Cephalic symptoms ... #Rheumatology #Ophthalmology ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
One and a Half Syndrome on Physical Exam

This 28 year old patient presented to clinic with
A nystagmus in far ... The most common causes ... the hospital, diagnosed ... Half #Syndrome #PhysicalExam ... clinical #video #ophthalmology
Chronic Hypertensive Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Ophthalmic Artery Hypertension
Stage 1: Mild/vasoconstrictive
 • Acute and chronic vasospasm
hyalinization causes ... #Retinopathy #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #complications
Mastoiditis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Acute or Chronic Otitis Media -> 
Stage 1: Hyperemeia of the mastoid
hearing loss, nausea ... dizziness, vertigo, nystagmus ... #Mastoiditis #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms ... #diagnosis #otology