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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
Hypertensive Retinopathy on Fundoscopy Ocular Examination

Patient with grade IV hypertensive retinopathy. Papilledema, hemorrhages, and cotton-wool spots
and cotton-wool spots ... #Retinopathy #cottonwool ... #Retina #Ocular ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #ophthalmology
Reversible Loss of Vision in Malignant Hypertension - Fundus examination revealed bilateral disk edema (Panel A,
and cotton-wool spots ... #Clinical #Ophthalmology ... #Papilledema #Cottonwool ... SplinterHemorrhages #NEJM
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
Retinal Vasculitis in Takayasu’s Arteritis- ...Ophthalmologic examination revealed severe impairment, with perception of only light in
Retinal Vasculitis ... Arteritis- ...Ophthalmologic ... arteries and veins ... #NEJM #clinical ... #radiology #fluorescein
Hyperviscosity-Related Retinopathy in Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia Funduscopic examination revealed bilateral retinal-vein dilatation and tortuosity with retinal hemorrhages
revealed bilateral retinal-vein ... tortuosity with retinal ... angiography revealed retinal-vein ... #Clinical #Ophthalmology ... Macroglobulinemia #NEJM
Chronic Occlusion of the Superior Vena Cava- On physical examination, marked venous dilatation was apparent on
common femoral veins ... and the azygos vein ... #clinical #photo ... #radiology #CT ... cava #occlusion #NEJM
Bitot's Spots- A 4-year-old boy was brought by his father to the ophthalmology clinic with a
Bitot's Spots- A ... father to the ophthalmology ... clinic with a 1 ... #NEJM #clinical ... #photo #ophth #bitot
Pemberton’s Sign in a Patient with a Goiter- Physical examination revealed an enlarged thyroid with no
subclavian and jugular veins ... #clinical #photo ... #NEJM #Pembertons ... #sign #radiology