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Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic: 
  - Cornea: Scarring, Edema
  - Lens: Cataracts
Chronic: - Cornea ... Painful: Keratitis, Corneal ... Artery Occlusion ... Vein Occlusion, ... Diagnosis #causes #ophthalmology
Central Retinal Artery Occlusion: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Inflammatory Disease: (i.e. GCA, SLE, GPA) ->
Artery Occlusion ... Retinal Artery ... Occlusion (CRAO) ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Treatment Algorithm for Central Retinal Artery Occlusion (CRAO)

#CRAO #Central #Retinal #Artery #Occlusion #CRAO #management #Algorithm #ophthalmology
Treatment Algorithm ... for Central Retinal ... Artery Occlusion ... #Artery #Occlusion ... #ophthalmology
Differential Diagnosis for Vision Loss
Unilateral, Painful Vision Loss:
 • Corneal abrasion, Acute angle-closure glaucoma, Inflammation-iritis, uveitis,
Vision Loss: • Corneal ... or hemorrhage, Retinal ... artery or vein ... occlusion, Lens ... diagnosis #causes #ophthalmology
Chronic Hypertensive Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Ophthalmic Artery Hypertension
Stage 1: Mild/vasoconstrictive
 • Acute and chronic vasospasm
Ophthalmic Artery ... Hard Exudates • Occlusion ... hypo-pigmented ring ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
Conjunctivitis, corneal ... artery occlusion ... vein occlusion ... Unilateral or bilateral symptoms ... differential #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Neurologic ... symptoms suggest ... a diagnosis of exclusion ... Functional • Corneal ... #Causes #Ophthalmology
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... papilledema • Horner ... deficits • Temporal artery ... ) • Systemic symptoms ... #neurology #PHANTOMS
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... disease (SVC/IVC occlusion ... infarction, coronary artery ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
pathways occur at the retina ... hypothalamus, and visual cortex ... - Autonomic symptoms ... differential #diagnosis #ophthalmology ... #Neurology