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Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis
Lids:
 • Stye (a.k.a. hordeolum)
 • Chalazion
 • Blepharitis
 • Periorbital cellulitis
Conjunctiva
: • Corneal abrasion ... Keratitis (i.e. corneal ... Bacterial, Viral Anterior ... closure glaucoma • Anterior ... table #causes #ophthalmology
Filamentary Keratitis- Slit lamp examination reveals filaments (‘mucoepithelioid” strands) adherent to the corneal surface. The filaments
adherent to the corneal ... filament #keratitis #Ophthalmology ... #photo #cornea
Selected Differential Diagnosis of Eye Pain: Key Features and Management Options

Conjunctiva

 - Bacterial conjunctivitis

 - Viral
- Scleritis Cornea ... keratitis - Corneal ... Viral keratitis Anterior ... glaucoma Uvea - Anterior ... #Diagnosis #Ophthalmology
Corneal edema with Descemet's folds; The folds can be visualized as dark, deep-appearing, criss-cross lines in
Corneal edema with ... transparency due to corneal ... edema #cornea # ... descemet #fold #photo ... #Ophthalmology
Orbital Cellulitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Definitions:
a. Chemosis: Edema of the bulbar conjunctiva
b. Panopthalmitis: inflammation of all
periorbital tissue (anterior ... Proptosis -> Exposes cornea ... -> Corneal drying ... Orbital #Cellulitis #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Xeropthalmia: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations

Decr Visual pigment -> Keratinization, thickening & non-wetting of the conjunctiva
production -> Corneal ... conjunctiva and cornea ... dryness of the cornea ... #Xeropthalmia #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Algorithm for the Evaluation of the Red and Painful Eye
1. External
2. Lids and Lashes
3. Conjunctiva and
Cornea 5. ... Anterior Chamber ... Differential #Anatomy #Ophthalmology
Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic: 
  - Cornea: Scarring, Edema
  - Lens: Cataracts
Chronic: - Cornea ... Painful: Keratitis, Corneal ... Abrasion, Anterior ... Diagnosis #causes #ophthalmology
Keratoconjunctivitis: Inflammation of the conjunctiva and cornea secondary to Adenovirus infection.
Photo credit, Josh Fierer, M.D.

Charlie Goldberg,
conjunctiva and cornea ... Photo credit, Josh ... Images #Clinical #Ophthalmology ... #Photo #Keratoconjunctivitis
Trachoma: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Environmental Factors -> Bacterial infection is encouraged by poor hygiene
of the limbal cornea ... the peripheral cornea ... fibrosis => • Corneal ... Trachoma #Chlamydia #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology