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Differential Diagnosis for Vision Loss
Unilateral, Painful Vision Loss:
 • Corneal abrasion, Acute angle-closure glaucoma, Inflammation-iritis, uveitis,
Differential Diagnosis ... Loss: • Corneal ... thrombosis, Temporal arteritis ... Retro-orbital hematoma, Infection-including ... diagnosis #causes #ophthalmology
Differential diagnoses for the neuro-ophthalmologic finding of diplopia.
Neoplastic: 
 • Intraorbital meningioma 
 • Pituitary adenoma
Differential diagnoses ... for the neuro-ophthalmologic ... • Giant cell arteritis ... Microvascular disease Infectious ... orbitopathy) • Corneal
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
very remarkable w/differential ... vasculitis vs infection ... claudication, headaches, vision ... 95% of cases (Cornelia ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology