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Algorithm for diagnosing the cause of eye pain.

#Diagnosis #Ophthalmology #Eye #Ocular #Pain #Differential #Algorithm
diagnosing the cause of eye ... pain. ... #Diagnosis #Ophthalmology ... #Eye #Ocular #Pain ... #Differential #
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Double Vision - Differential ... • Examine both eyes ... • Neurologic symptoms ... #DoubleVision #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #Ophthalmology
Selected Differential Diagnosis of Eye Pain: Key Features and Management Options

Conjunctiva

 - Bacterial conjunctivitis

 - Viral
Selected Differential ... Diagnosis of Eye ... Pain: Key Features ... #Diagnosis #Ophthalmology ... #Eye #Ocular #Pain
Lateral Canthotomy and Cantholysis 
Primary indications 
 - Decreased visual acuity 
 - Intraocular pressure >
Opthalmoplegia - Nerve ... head pallor - Eye ... pain Contraindications ... #Indications #Ophthalmology
Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
periorbital edema -> Pain ... extra-ocular movements -> Pain ... - Impinges on nerves ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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Femoral Cutaneous Nerve ... purely sensory nerve ... absent: lower back pain ... Raise Test - Pain ... pathophysiology #differential
Pupillary Abnormalities  Overview
 - Unequal Pupils (anisocoria)
 - Tonic pupil (Adie's pupil)
 - OculomotorNerve (CN
and One Blind Eye ... #Diagnosis #Ophthalmology ... Abnormalities #Differential ... Types #Anisocoria #Adies
Proptosis - Differential Diagnosis - Unilateral vs Bilateral
Unilateral:
 • Infections (can become bilateral with cavernous sinus
Proptosis - Differential ... • Fevers • Eye ... painEye redness ... #Proptosis #Differential ... Bilateral #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 ... Optic Nerve/Pathway ... Tumor • Optic nerve ... pain (with or without ... #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Visual Field Pathways and Deficits
1 Total blindness of right eye due to complete lesion of right
blindness of right eye ... of right optic nerve ... Diagnosis #lesions #differential ... #ophthalmology