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Isocoria - Pupillary Defects - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative Afferent Pupil Defect
 • Optic Neuritis
 • Ischemic
Isocoria - Pupillary ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Tumor • Retinal detachment ... #Isocoria #Pupillary ... Algorithm #Causes #Ophthalmology
Retinal Detachment

Floaters - Cobweb appearance 
Photopsia - Flash of light 
Visual field defect - Flash of
Retinal Detachment ... Visual field defect ... #Retinal #Detachment ... #Diagnosis #Ophthalmology
Anisocoria - Pupillary Defects - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Physiological - Simple Anisocoria ( <O.5mm)
 - Anisocoria equal
Anisocoria - Pupillary ... Defects - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Tumor (Lung, Breast ... Algorithm #Causes #Ophthalmology
Instructions on how to perform the swinging light test to detect a relative afferent pupillary defect.

http://www.cmaj.ca/content/early/2015/01/05/cmaj.140685

Normal
relative afferent pupillary ... defect* (RAPD) ... defect. ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #Ophthalmology
Ocular Ultrasound Pocketcard
Painless Vision Loss
 • Retinal Detachment 
 • Posterior Vitreous Detachment 
 • Vitreous
Loss • Retinal Detachment ... Periorbital Edema - POCUS ... Ocular #Ultrasound #pocus ... #differential #diagnosis ... #radiology #ophthalmology
Vitreous Hemorrhage on Ocular POCUS

Binocular vision loss - think cortical blindness, opt for CT/MRI
Monocular vision loss
Hemorrhage on Ocular POCUS ... problem, opt for POCUS ... vitreous hemorrhage/detachment ... diagnosis within ... #ultrasound #Ophthalmology
Differential Diagnosis for Vision Loss
Unilateral, Painful Vision Loss:
 • Corneal abrasion, Acute angle-closure glaucoma, Inflammation-iritis, uveitis,
Differential Diagnosis ... , Vitreous detachment ... Medication side effects ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #ophthalmology
Floaters - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Vitreous Floaters:
• Microscopic collagen fibers within the vitreous that tend to clump
- Differential Diagnosis ... with visual field defect ... • Retinal detachment ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Ocular #ophthalmology
Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
nerves -> Afferent pupillary ... defect -> Decreased ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #signs
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
field: altitudinal defect ... Fluorescein angiography: papillary ... #Rheumatology #Ophthalmology ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm