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Eye Anatomy and Key Diagnoses Rule of 2s - Posterior Eye - Use fundoscopy and ultrasound
ultrasound #Diagnosis #Ophth ... RuleOfTwos #Table #Vitreous ... Retina #OpticNerve #ALiEM
The detached retina appears as a thick, hyperechoic band in the vitreous chamber, anchored posteriorly to
hyperechoic band in the vitreous ... disc #Clinical #Ophth ... Ocular #Retinal #Detachment ... RetinalDetachment #ALiEM
Ocular Ultrasound Pocketcard
Painless Vision Loss
 • Retinal Detachment 
 • Posterior Vitreous Detachment 
 • Vitreous
Loss • Retinal Detachment ... • Posterior Vitreous ... Detachment • ... Vitreous Hemorrhage ... Ultrasound #pocus #differential
Floaters - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Vitreous Floaters:
• Microscopic collagen fibers within the vitreous that tend to clump
Floaters - Differential ... detachment • Retinal ... detachment • Retinal ... detachment) • ... #Floaters #Differential
Vitreous hemorrhage - area of hemorrhage is visible as faint echogenic material causing a heterogeneous appearance
Vitreous hemorrhage ... #Clinical #Ophth ... POCUS #Ocular #Vitreous ... #Hemorrhage #ALiEM
Lens dislocation - The lens is seen floating en face in the vitreous chamber. #Clinical #EM
en face in the vitreous ... #Clinical #EM #Ophth ... LensDislocation #ALiEM
Differential Diagnosis for Vision Loss
Unilateral, Painful Vision Loss:
 • Corneal abrasion, Acute angle-closure glaucoma, Inflammation-iritis, uveitis,
Differential Diagnosis ... Loss: • Retinal detachment ... , Vitreous detachment ... painful #painless #differential
Globe rupture - irregular globe contour with collapsed anterior chamber. Echogenic material fills the vitreous chamber.
material fills the vitreous ... #Clinical #EM #Ophth ... #GlobeRupture #ALiEM
44M with h/o DM2 and insulin noncompliance presents w R eye visual loss x 3d. What's
Diagnosis: Vitreous ... Ophtho consult: ... acute and chronic vitreous ... without retinal detachment ... Ophthalmology #Vitreous
Asteroid Hyalosis on Ocular POCUS - Vitreous Hemorrhage MIMIC!

Patient reporting floaters and seeing triangles of colors.
Ocular POCUS - Vitreous ... Ophtho consult found ... no hemorrhage/detachment