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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
Retina 11. ... : • Detachment ... - Retinal vein occlusions ... (Retinal vein occlusions ... #ophthalmology
Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic: 
  - Cornea: Scarring, Edema
  - Lens: Cataracts
- Retina: Diabetic ... Lens Dislocation, Retinal ... Retinal Artery ... Retinal Vein Occlusion ... #causes #ophthalmology
Ocular Ultrasound Pocketcard
Painless Vision Loss
 • Retinal Detachment 
 • Posterior Vitreous Detachment 
 • Vitreous
Vision Loss • Retinal ... • Central Retinal ... Artery Occlusion ... Vision Loss • Retinal ... #differential #diagnosis
Floaters - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Vitreous Floaters:
• Microscopic collagen fibers within the vitreous that tend to clump
- Differential Diagnosis ... shadows on the retina ... detachmentRetinal ... detachmentRetinal ... #Ocular #ophthalmology
Posterior Vitreous Detachment: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Separation of the cortical vitreous from the neurosensory retina posterior
the neurosensory retina ... Detachment -> ... at macula -> Widespread ... Complete PVD from the retina ... #ophthalmology
Retinal Detachment
 - Posterior vitreous shrinks with advancing age (aka synchysis senilis), pulling on the retina.
Retinal Detachment ... pulling on the retina ... - Pulling can cause ... tears in the retina ... ) #Clinical #Ophthalmology
Differential Diagnosis for Vision Loss
Unilateral, Painful Vision Loss:
 • Corneal abrasion, Acute angle-closure glaucoma, Inflammation-iritis, uveitis,
Vision Loss: • Corneal ... Vision Loss: • Retinal ... detachment, Vitreous ... , Retinal artery ... #causes #ophthalmology
Posterior Vitreous Detachment
 - Most common cause of retinal holes and tears 
 - May lead
Most common cause ... of retinal holes ... rhegmatoqenous retinal ... #Detachment #Ophthalmology ... #Diagnosis
Uveitis - Definition, Causes and SUN Classification

Inflammation of the iris, ciliary body, vitreous, retina and/or choroid
Incidence
ciliary body, vitreous ... , retina and/or ... blindness, linked to macular ... secondary glaucoma and retinal ... #Ophthalmology
Central Retinal Artery Occlusion: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Inflammatory Disease: (i.e. GCA, SLE, GPA) ->
Central Retinal ... supplying the macula ... edema caused by ... pathophysiology #ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #signs