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Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic: 
  - Cornea: Scarring, Edema
  - Lens: Cataracts
Vision Loss - Differential ... Chronic: - Cornea ... , Corneal Abrasion ... Vein Occlusion, ... Diagnosis #causes #ophthalmology
Differential Diagnosis for Vision Loss
Unilateral, Painful Vision Loss:
 • Corneal abrasion, Acute angle-closure glaucoma, Inflammation-iritis, uveitis,
Differential Diagnosis ... Loss: • Corneal ... artery or vein occlusion ... #bilateral #painful ... diagnosis #causes #ophthalmology
Blurry Vision - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anatomical Approach to Eye Disease:
1. Lids/Lashes
2. Extraocular Muscles/Motility
3. Conjunctiva/Sclera
4. Cornea
5. Anterior
Blurry Vision - Differential ... - Retinal vein occlusions ... (Retinal vein occlusions ... Blurry #Vision #differential ... #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Unilateral Acute Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Painful - Cornea
 • Keratopathy
Painful - No Abnormalities of
Unilateral Acute ... Vision Loss - Differential ... - Cornea • Keratopathy ... • Glaucoma #Unilateral ... Algorithm #Causes #Ophthalmology
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
Red Eye - Differential ... artery occlusion ... vein occlusion ... or bilateral symptoms ... #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
and Headache - Differential ... pathways occur at the retina ... hypothalamus, and visual cortex ... - Autonomic symptoms ... #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Floaters - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Vitreous Floaters:
• Microscopic collagen fibers within the vitreous that tend to clump
Floaters - Differential ... Detachment: Symptoms ... : Sudden • Unilateral ... #Floaters #Differential ... Diagnosis #Ocular #ophthalmology
Chronic Hypertensive Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Ophthalmic Artery Hypertension
Stage 1: Mild/vasoconstrictive
 • Acute and chronic vasospasm
Hard Exudates • Occlusion ... of the terminal retinal ... hypo-pigmented ring ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Keratoconus: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Genetics
 • Family history of keratoconus
 • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
 • Down, Turner,
radiation -> Bilateral ... , asymmetric corneal ... Keratoconus Signs / Symptoms ... • Fleischer's Ring ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
aphthous ulcerations (painful ... meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... disease (SVC/IVC occlusion ... Behcet disease) Differential ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology