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Central Retinal Artery Occlusion (CRAO)
Clinical:
 • Sudden, painless, complete loss of vision 
 • Pale retina
Central Retinal ... Occlusion (CRAO) Clinical ... • Cherry red spot ... on fovea Management ... Occlusion #CRAO #Diagnosis
Diabetic Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Mild Non-proliferative DR
 • Outpouchings of the weakened capillary walls or
Pathogenesis and clinical ... into the deeper retinal ... -> Cotton-wool spots ... Retinopathy #Diabetes #ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #complications
Central Retinal Artery Occlusion: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Inflammatory Disease: (i.e. GCA, SLE, GPA) ->
Central Retinal ... Pathogenesis and clinical ... -> Cherry-red spot ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #signs
Central Retinal Artery Occlusion (CRAO) vs Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO) - A Comparison Table

Clinical Features,
Central Retinal ... CRAO) vs Central Retinal ... Comparison Table Clinical ... #CRAO #CRVO #Ophthalmology ... #Diagnosis #Management
Roth spots: a red hemorrhagic lesion of the retina with a characteristic white center representing fibrin-platelet
Roth spots: a red ... lesion of the retina ... Endocarditis #Infective #Clinical ... #Fundoscopy #Ophthalmology
Cotton Wool Spots

Caused by microinfarcts. Exploded ganglion cell axons extrude their axoplasm into retina. Long DDx:
Cotton Wool Spots ... axoplasm into retina ... #CottonWool #Spots ... #fundoscopy #ophthalmology ... #Clinical
Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO)
Clinical:
 • Sudden, painless, monocular loss of vision 
 • "Blood and
Central Retinal ... Occlusion (CRVO) Clinical ... fundoscoplc exam Management ... Occlusion #CRVO #Diagnosis ... #Ophthalmology
Floaters - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Vitreous Floaters:
• Microscopic collagen fibers within the vitreous that tend to clump
- Differential Diagnosis ... Patients As: • Black spots ... the vision • Spots ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Ocular #ophthalmology
Age Related Macular Degeneration: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Photoreceptor atrophy 
-> Extracellular debris (drusen) from RPE atrophy/metabolism
Pathogenesis and clinical ... from choroid to retina ... RPE -> Loss of photo ... - Faded/blind spots ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology
Chronic Hypertensive Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Ophthalmic Artery Hypertension
Stage 1: Mild/vasoconstrictive
 • Acute and chronic vasospasm
Pathogenesis and clinical ... -> Cotton-wool Spots ... -> Elschnig's Spots ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #signs