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Atraumatic Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lids / Orbit / Lacrimal System:
 • Blepharitis
 • Stye
Atraumatic Red Eye ... - Differential ... Hemorrhage • Conjunctivitis ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Ophthalmology
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis
Lids:
 • Stye (a.k.a. hordeolum)
 • Chalazion
 • Blepharitis
 • Periorbital cellulitis
Conjunctiva
Red Eye - Differential ... Conjunctiva / Sclera: • Conjunctivitis ... #Eye #redeye #Differential ... Diagnosis #table #causes ... #ophthalmology
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
Red Eye - Differential ... Common Causes: ... Unilateral or bilateral symptoms ... #ocular #differential ... #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Traumatic Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Surface Injury:
 • Corneal Abrasion
 • Ultraviolet Keratitis
 • Chemical
- Differential ... Surface Injury: • Corneal ... hemorrhage • Cornea ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Ophthalmology
Differential diagnoses for the neuro-ophthalmologic finding of diplopia.
Neoplastic: 
 • Intraorbital meningioma 
 • Pituitary adenoma
Differential diagnoses ... for the neuro-ophthalmologic ... orbitopathy) • Corneal ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #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
Blurry Vision - Differential ... Conjunctiva/Uvea: • Conjunctivitis ... Concussion Other Causes ... #diagnosis #ophthalmology ... #causes
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Double Vision - Differential ... • Neurologic symptoms ... a mass as the cause ... Functional • Corneal ... #Ophthalmology
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
and Headache - Differential ... hypothalamus, and visual cortex ... - Autonomic symptoms ... Photophobia #Headache #differential ... #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Signs and Symptoms ... Tentorial pressure cone ... neurapraxia (post-traumatic ... headache #signs #symptoms ... #clues #differential
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
very remarkable w/differential ... (Cornelia NEJM ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology ... absence of visual symptoms ... Temporal #Signs #Symptoms