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Hordeolum vs Chalazion

Hordeolum (Stye):
 • Location: Most commonly found at or near an eyelash follicle
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commonly found at or near ... of the lids • Symptoms ... or Zeiss) • Symptoms ... Diagnosis #Management #Ophthalmology
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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paresthetica • Symptoms ... 3-6 months of symptom ... mass Sensory Symptoms ... inguinal ligament (near ... pathophysiology #differential
Floaters - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Vitreous Floaters:
• Microscopic collagen fibers within the vitreous that tend to clump
Floaters - Differential ... Retinal Detachment: Symptoms ... retina, a retinal tear ... #Floaters #Differential ... Diagnosis #Ocular #ophthalmology
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
6mm); • Light-near ... Young females Differential ... - no light-near ... PhysicalExam #neurology #ophthalmology
Isocoria - Pupillary Defects - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative Afferent Pupil Defect
 • Optic Neuritis
 • Ischemic
Pupillary Defects - Differential ... Syphilis (light-near ... Pupils #Defects #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #Ophthalmology
Conjunctivochalasis is defined as a redundant, nonedematous conjunctiva that causes a wide variety of symptoms ranging
wide variety of symptoms ... of an unstable tear ... disruption of tear ... conjunctivochalasis #ophthalmology ... dry #clinical #photo
Xeropthalmia: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations

Decr Visual pigment -> Keratinization, thickening & non-wetting of the conjunctiva
mucins with reduced tear ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
typically 10-15 year-olds ... tibial tuberosity Differential ... Patellar tendon tear ... (similar symptoms
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
) - Differential ... the following symptoms ... • Associated symptoms ... the tragus to differentiate ... Otolaryngology #differential
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
brain, eye, and ear ... Visual or auditory symptoms ... conjunction with symptoms ... #inflammatory #differential