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Floaters - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Vitreous Floaters:
• Microscopic collagen fibers within the vitreous that tend to clump
Diagnosis Framework ... tear/hole • Retinal ... movement, retrobulbar pain ... , a retinal tear ... #Diagnosis #Ocular
Blurry Vision - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anatomical Approach to Eye Disease:
1. Lids/Lashes
2. Extraocular Muscles/Motility
3. Conjunctiva/Sclera
4. Cornea
5. Anterior
Blurry Vision - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Retina 11. ... Ocular Adverse Effects ... vision • Eye pain
Uveitis - Definition, Causes and SUN Classification

Inflammation of the iris, ciliary body, vitreous, retina and/or choroid
Incidence
body, vitreous, retina ... : 17-52 cases/year ... secondary glaucoma and retinal ... Classification #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Ophthalmology
Shafer's sign on Slit Lamp Ocular Examination

Pigmented cells in the anterior vitreous, which is highly suggestive
sign on Slit Lamp Ocular ... suggestive of a tear ... in the retina. ... #PhysicalExam # ... ophthalmology #SlitLamp
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
disease (panuveitis, retinal ... involvement (uveitis or retinal ... : Giant retinal ... tears, Ischemia, ... Nonsurgical abdominal pain
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
and Headache - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... pathways occur at the retina ... activation of retina-driven ... glaucoma - Ocular
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis by Mechanism
Decr Blood Pressure (“Decr Effective Circulating Volume”) 
 - Volume depletion
Hyponatremia - Differential ... Diagnosis by Mechanism ... hemorrhage) - Pulmonary ... SSRIs) Severe pain ... potomania - “Tea
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Approach to the differential ... heart disease, ear ... inflammation of the retina ... lymphadenopathy, pleuritic pain ... #Algorithm #differential
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
Vasculitides - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... disease, and ocular ... well as inner ear ... , testes -> pain
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Associated with Joint Pain ... Cytoid bodies (retinal ... conditions #joint #pain ... #differential # ... diagnosis #rheumatology