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Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis
Lids:
 • Stye (a.k.a. hordeolum)
 • Chalazion
 • Blepharitis
 • Periorbital cellulitis
Conjunctiva
Cornea: • Corneal ... abrasion • Foreign ... Keratitis (i.e. corneal ... Diagnosis #table #causes ... #ophthalmology
Selected Differential Diagnosis of Eye Pain: Key Features and Management Options

Conjunctiva

 - Bacterial conjunctivitis

 - Viral
Key Features and Management ... - Scleritis Cornea ... keratitis - Corneal ... abrasion - Parasitic ... #Diagnosis #Ophthalmology
Atraumatic Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lids / Orbit / Lacrimal System:
 • Blepharitis
 • Stye
Atraumatic Red Eye ... Conjunctivitis • Corneal ... Abrasion / Erosion ... • Keratitis/Corneal ... #Ophthalmology
Traumatic Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Surface Injury:
 • Corneal Abrasion
 • Ultraviolet Keratitis
 • Chemical
Traumatic Red Eye ... Surface Injury: • Corneal ... hemorrhage • Cornea ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Ophthalmology
Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic: 
  - Cornea: Scarring, Edema
  - Lens: Cataracts
Chronic: - Cornea ... Painful: Keratitis, Corneal ... Abrasion, Anterior ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes ... #ophthalmology
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
Conjunctivitis, corneal ... abrasions, etc. ... Blepharitis Cornea ... • Corneal ulcer ... differential #diagnosis #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
Cornea 5. ... Trauma Cornea ... Keratitis • Corneal ... abrasion • Astigmatism ... differential #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Differential Diagnosis for Vision Loss
Unilateral, Painful Vision Loss:
 • Corneal abrasion, Acute angle-closure glaucoma, Inflammation-iritis, uveitis,
Loss: • Corneal ... abrasion, Acute ... caustic exposure to eye ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #ophthalmology
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
 •
Diplopia - Double Vision ... • Examine both eyes ... a mass as the cause ... Functional • Corneal ... #Ophthalmology
Differential diagnoses for the neuro-ophthalmologic finding of diplopia.
Neoplastic: 
 • Intraorbital meningioma 
 • Pituitary adenoma
for the neuro-ophthalmologic ... palsy) • INO (lesion ... orbitopathy) • Corneal ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Ophthalmology