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Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome
What?
 • Unilateral orbital/retrobulbar pain
 • Paresis of the cranial nerves Ill, IV, VI
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• Unilateral orbital ... sinus, superior orbital ... fissure or orbit ... (MRI) Treatment
Atraumatic Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lids / Orbit / Lacrimal System:
 • Blepharitis
 • Stye
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Lids / Orbit / ... cellulitis • Orbital ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
Orbital Cellulitis ... anterior to the orbital ... Inflammation of orbital ... • Involves the orbit ... Blindness #Orbital
Proptosis - Differential Diagnosis - Unilateral vs Bilateral
Unilateral:
 • Infections (can become bilateral with cavernous sinus
thrombosis) - Orbital ... Vascular - Orbital ... hemangioma - Orbital ... Tvumor - Orbital ... - Spheno-orbital
Lateral Canthotomy / Cantholysis - Procedure Instructions

The orbit is a relatively closed compartment and an acute
Instructions The orbit ... acute increase in orbital
Suggested Treatment Algorithms for the Management of Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis

#Management #Algorithm #GCA #PMR
Suggested Treatment ... Algorithms for ... #Management #Algorithm ... Steroid #Taper #Treatment
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Entrapment • Orbital ... Inflammation • Orbital ... Tumor • Orbital ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Preseptal Cellulitis vs Orbital Cellulitis
Preseptal Cellulitis
 • Unlikely to have complications
 • Due to external source
Cellulitis vs Orbital ... Strep, Anaerobes Orbital ... #Preseptal #orbital
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Diplopia: Diplopia has been explored previously on ddxof. The earlier algorithm
Algorithm for the ... The earlier algorithm ... This algorithm uses ... Monocular #Binocular #Orbital ... #Pinhole #Algorithm
Important Causes of Diplopia 
TIER 1-CRITICAL
Basilar artery thrombosis, Botulism, Basilar meningitis, Aneurysmn
TIER 2-EMERGENT:
Vertebral dissection, Myasthenia gravis,
encephalopathy, Orbital ... Ischemic neuropathy, Orbital ... , pseudotumor, Orbital