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Blurry Vision - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anatomical Approach to Eye Disease:
1. Lids/Lashes
2. Extraocular Muscles/Motility
3. Conjunctiva/Sclera
4. Cornea
5. Anterior
- Differential Diagnosis ... Vitreous 9. ... Hyperglycemia Vitreous ... Concussion Other Causes ... ophthalmology #causes
Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
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Critical and Emergent ... Causes of Neuromuscular ... Cerebral cortex ... - Cerebral cortex ... Differential #Neurology #Causes
Traumatic Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Surface Injury:
 • Corneal Abrasion
 • Ultraviolet Keratitis
 • Chemical
- Differential Diagnosis ... Surface Injury: • Corneal ... hemorrhage • Cornea ... dislocation • Vitreous ... #Algorithm #Causes
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Clinical ... a mass as the cause ... Functional • Corneal ... Distortion/Scarring • Vitreous
Differential Diagnosis for Vision Loss
Unilateral, Painful Vision Loss:
 • Corneal abrasion, Acute angle-closure glaucoma, Inflammation-iritis, uveitis,
Differential Diagnosis ... Vision Loss: • Corneal ... Retinal detachment, Vitreous ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #ophthalmology
Anterior Vitreous Cells on Slit Lamp Examination

This is a great example of what anterior vitreous cell
Anterior Vitreous ... what anterior vitreous ... In cases of iritis ... #Cells #SlitLamp ... #clinical #video
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Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
- Differential Diagnosis ... >10 mmHg - clinically ... thrombosis • Splenic AV ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #causes #hepatology
Chronic Hypertensive Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Ophthalmic Artery Hypertension
Stage 1: Mild/vasoconstrictive
 • Acute and chronic vasospasm
Pathogenesis and clinical ... hyalinization causes ... underlying venule -> AV ... BRB breakdown causes ... ophthalmology #diagnosis
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
from the cerebral cortex ... the differential diagnosis ... syndromes are clinically ... very different clinical ... anywhere from the cortex
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
separate tick-borne ... TBRF) from louse-borne ... LBRF can be diagnosed ... can be used for diagnosis ... microscopy #pathology #clinical