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Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
(GCA) 1) Is visual ... loss caused by ... Clinical manifestations ... #Rheumatology #Ophthalmology ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Clinical Pearls ... • Examine both ... a mass as the cause ... #Causes #Ophthalmology
Acute Closed Angle Glaucoma: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
OPHTHALMIC EMERGENCY: Early detection is essential, but most patients
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... • Significant cause ... most frequent cause ... • Visual field ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
particularly those coming ... Diagnosis = clinical ... identifies 85 to 95% of cases ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology ... presence/absence of visual
Ocular Pulsion

Ocular pulsion- Eye deviation to the right in this case, on closing eyes (removal of
right in this case ... , on closing eyes ... (removal of visual ... Ocular #Pulsion #clinical ... physicalexam #neurology #ophthalmology
Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Risk factors -> Incr IOP, Incr age, African-American
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... myocilin, OPTN gene encoding ... Glaucoma -> Calcium ion ... => End-stage visual ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology