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Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis
Lids:
 • Stye (a.k.a. hordeolum)
 • Chalazion
 • Blepharitis
 • Periorbital cellulitis
Conjunctiva
Periorbital cellulitis Conjunctiva ... Cornea: • Corneal ... abrasion • Foreign ... Keratitis (i.e. corneal ... table #causes #ophthalmology
Trachoma: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Environmental Factors -> Bacterial infection is encouraged by poor hygiene
Pathogenesis and clinical ... of the limbal cornea ... the peripheral cornea ... fibrosis => • Corneal ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology
Ocular Rosacea - Slit-lamp examination revealed telangiectasia with hyperemia of the eyelid margins, conjunctival hyperemia, and
neovascularization of the cornea ... corneal infiltrate ... (Panel B) #Clinical ... #Ophthalmology ... Ocular #Rosacea #Corneal
Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... of the bulbar conjunctiva ... Proptosis -> Exposes cornea ... -> Corneal drying ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
Conjunctivitis, corneal ... Blepharitis Cornea ... lens overwear • Foreign ... • Corneal ulcer ... differential #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Keratoconus: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Genetics
 • Family history of keratoconus
 • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
 • Down, Turner,
and Clinical Findings ... Contact lens use • Eye ... Bilateral, asymmetric corneal ... Rizutti's Sign • Corneal ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology
Approach to an Eye Exam

1. History
2. Obvious Physical Trauma
3. Initial Assessment
  A. Visual Acuity
Approach to an Eye ... Accommodation, RAPD ... Sclera/ Conjunctiva ... Cornea D. ... EyeExamination #Approach #Ophthalmology
Eyelid Pyogenic Granuloma

Pyogenic granulomas are benign vascular proliferations. The most common areas affected around the eyes
affected around the eyes ... are the eyelids, conjunctiva ... and rarely the cornea ... Granuloma #Eyelid #clinical ... physicalexam #ocular #ophthalmology
Gonococcal conjunctivitis: ocular emergency; risk perforation of cornea 
Clinical features: purulent discharge +++, chemosis (conjunctival oedema),
perforation of cornea ... Clinical features ... +++, chemosis (conjunctival ... periorbital oedema, rapid ... #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 ... examination, the conjunctivae ... near the outer corners ... as a result of corneal