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Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic: 
  - Cornea: Scarring, Edema
  - Lens: Cataracts
Chronic: - Cornea ... tumor) Acute: - Unilateral ... Painful: Keratitis, Corneal ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes ... #ophthalmology
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis
Lids:
 • Stye (a.k.a. hordeolum)
 • Chalazion
 • Blepharitis
 • Periorbital cellulitis
Conjunctiva
: • Corneal abrasion ... Keratitis (i.e. corneal ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Red #Eye #redeye ... Diagnosis #table #causes ... #ophthalmology
Unilateral Acute Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Painful - Cornea
 • Keratopathy
Painful - No Abnormalities of
Unilateral Acute ... Algorithm Painful - Cornea ... • Glaucoma #Unilateral ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Ophthalmology
Differential Diagnosis for Vision Loss
Unilateral, Painful Vision Loss:
 • Corneal abrasion, Acute angle-closure glaucoma, Inflammation-iritis, uveitis,
for Vision Loss Unilateral ... Vision Loss: • Corneal ... to eye, Trauma Unilateral ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #ophthalmology
Atraumatic Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lids / Orbit / Lacrimal System:
 • Blepharitis
 • Stye
Conjunctivitis • Corneal ... • Keratitis/Corneal ... #Atraumatic #RedEye ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Ophthalmology
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
the eye can be caused ... Common Causes: ... Conjunctivitis, corneal ... Questions to Ask: • Unilateral ... differential #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Traumatic Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Surface Injury:
 • Corneal Abrasion
 • Ultraviolet Keratitis
 • Chemical
Surface Injury: • Corneal ... hemorrhage • Cornea ... #Traumatic #RedEye ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Ophthalmology
Bitot's Spots- A 4-year-old boy was brought by his father to the ophthalmology clinic with a
father to the ophthalmology ... near the outer corners ... as a result of corneal ... #NEJM #clinical ... #photo #ophth #bitot
Congenital Rubella - On examination, the child had wandering eye movements with bilateral central, dense, white,
movements with bilateral ... microcornea (corneal ... each eye, 10 mm), bilateral ... B) #Clinical #Ophthalmology ... CongenitalRubella #NEJM
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
in literature (NEJM ... identifies 85 to 95% of cases ... (Cornelia NEJM ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology