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Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
vessels involved/damaged ... in literature (NEJM ... cases (Cornelia NEJM ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology
Floaters - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Vitreous Floaters:
• Microscopic collagen fibers within the vitreous that tend to clump
Vitreous Floaters: • Microscopic ... Black spots or specks ... contracts, it peels ... Diagnosis #Ocular #ophthalmology
Milk of Urate Bulla - A new blister overlying the radial aspect of the second interphalangeal
polarized light microscopy ... showed sheets of ... #Birefringent #Microscopy ... #NEJM
Worms in the Eye - He underwent thorough irrigation of the conjunctival sac and lacrimal duct,
D) #Clinical #Ophthalmology ... Ocular #SlitLamp #Microscopy ... #NEJM
Asteroid Hyalosis- ...Slit-lamp examination of the left eye revealed multiple sparkling, white, globular, refractile, dotlike opacities
asteroid hyalosis may hamper ... #NEJM #clinical ... #slit #lamp #ophthalmology
Congenital Rubella - On examination, the child had wandering eye movements with bilateral central, dense, white,
B) #Clinical #Ophthalmology ... #Peds #Congenital ... CongenitalRubella #NEJM