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Blurry Vision - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anatomical Approach to Eye Disease:
1. Lids/Lashes
2. Extraocular Muscles/Motility
3. Conjunctiva/Sclera
4. Cornea
5. Anterior
- Differential Diagnosis ... Approach to Eye Disease ... • Sjögren’s syndrome ... hyperviscosity syndrome ... #ophthalmology
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Whipple Disease ... Symptoms and Signs ... Oculomasticatory/oculo-facial-skeletal ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #criteria
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
ulceration • Ocular ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #management ... #signs #symptoms
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Complication of invasive GAS disease characterized by shock & MOF → occurs
of invasive GAS disease ... Criteria: • Isolation ... , erythematous macular ... STSS #treatment #management ... #diagnosis
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
- Differential Diagnosis ... three clinical diagnoses ... Ptosis - Neurologic disease ... nerve palsy • Horner ... #ophthalmology
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
- Differential Diagnosis ... High spike and rapid ... • Behcet's syndrome ... Brucellosis Faget's Sign ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Epidemiology: Female (75%), 18-50 years,
caucasian
 • Symptoms: Moderate visual
and Management ... Unilateral • Signs ... : RAPD (Marcus Gunn ... other auto-immune diseases ... #rheumatology #ophthalmology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Macrophage Activation Syndrome ... highly inflammatory disease ... Presentation: • Rapid ... Histopathologic criteria ... #Diagnosis #Management
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
function tests algorithm ... clinical symptoms/signs ... presence of metabolic syndrome ... criteria should ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
neurodegenerative disease ... • Or brainstem syndromes ... Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis ... criteria for MS ... #management #neurology