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Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
- Differential ... - Autonomic symptoms ... the trigeminal nerve ... #differential # ... diagnosis #ophthalmology
Selected Differential Diagnosis of Eye Pain: Key Features and Management Options

Conjunctiva

 - Bacterial conjunctivitis

 - Viral
Selected Differential ... Diagnosis of Eye Pain ... Other - Cluster headache ... #Diagnosis #Ophthalmology ... #Differential
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
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
) - Differential ... the following symptoms ... : headache, malaise ... • Associated symptoms ... the tragus to differentiate
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
wasting, radicular pain ... spinal cord and nerve ... dysfunction, back pain ... • Papilledema, headache ... Tuberculosis #diagnosis #differential
Anisocoria - Pupillary Defects - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Physiological - Simple Anisocoria ( <O.5mm)
 - Anisocoria equal
Pupillary Defects - Differential ... • Oculomotor Nerve ... adrenaline • Cluster Headache ... Pupils #Defects #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #Ophthalmology
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Signs and Symptoms ... With Different Headache ... pupil with third nerve ... #signs #symptoms ... #clues #differential
Highlighted Conditions With Arteritis or Periarteritis of the Coronaries
Takayasu's arteritis:
 - Onset < 40 yrs
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yrs - Cranial symptoms ... (Headache, jaw ... - Abdominal pain ... - Testicular pain ... Coronaries #Arteritis #Differential
Transient Monocular Vision loss - Differential Diagnosis
Ischemia	
 - Large artery disease (atherothrombosis, embolus, dissection).
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Vision loss - Differential ... with migraine headaches ... Caused by decreased nerve ... increased ICP Optic nerve ... #Diagnosis #Ophthalmology
Proptosis - Differential Diagnosis - Unilateral vs Bilateral
Unilateral:
 • Infections (can become bilateral with cavernous sinus
Proptosis - Differential ... Fevers • Eye pain ... Ophthalmoplegia • HeadacIae ... #Proptosis #Differential ... Bilateral #Causes #ophthalmology